The English name Rocke ta hh 
the Latin Er ruca, Which wiatsifon canker-worm, as well as the 
name of this plant. And this may have been supposed appli- Ask eet of toes wi ee. 
are “ be es its often perishing, without any known or tae ote at Be Rose, with acy ernne glow, 
isible “On m ce best 
; , T 
In rival pomp, see either rocket blow Lg ant ped Tesh ee had not? 
Bright as the sun, or as the new-fallen snow. Evans. e Rose 
’s simplest weed, 
that 
n 
Could there a flower 
Monthly jrortocvamyly eee of Flora. 
There is another strongly marked variety in the Thornl: 
Order.—POLYGAMIA. | Rose. Lemaistre, in his tou meine 8 id of the “ Leper of ‘diel, ” 
Wat. Ord. Juss. tells us that the th jorns are produ d by eulti Reeth Ars I 
ROSACE®. believ e, contrary his theory, howey er, 
note neg suggested the emblem of i ingratitu tude, which 
Rosa, derived with most probability, from the Celtic ros, or 
rhos. De Theis remarks, that the Celtic rhodd or rhudd, red, 
aes words, the rose-color being almost 
th redne: 
ae consecrated to Venus: and ae to ancient the Rose,” we find another account of 
fable, to her may be traced the red color of the rose. When | the armor by which this plant is defended: 
Aree beloved Por ge a shen pierced her 
delicate foot, causing the blood to Young Love, rambling through the wood, 
2 Found me in my solitude— 
** Which, on the wh ii _ being shed, 
Make tt sc ever afin “ g ah oot w ith oss and freshly tevin 
ts oe tint is poetically traced to another source, by a ‘ ooped to gece > upon 
phim it 
I 
modern p 
As erst in Eden’s blissful bowe 
Young Eve survey’d her sete flowers, 
An opening rose of pu hen bp ey 
She mark’d with *d delight, 
Its leaves she kiss’ d, — co oh it drew 
From beauty’s lip the mil hue J. Carey. 
Another fanciful origin of its ‘‘ celestial rosy red”— 
A co > | 
s, he down the nectar r flung; 
Which on the myn rose 168 ee shed, 
Made it for eve 
Since first it bloomed in Eden’s bowers, 
e rose is termed the queen of flowers. 4 ‘h 
i tifully presented 
. ixth.” The white, 
Their smell divine, their color er red. . s by Shakspeare, in 
vate selected by the Yank faction, the red, by that of Lancaster. 
Its breat 
Is rich beyond the rest; and when it dies Plantagenet. aes you are tongue-ty’d, and so loath to speak, 
It doth wath a oe sweeten death. mb significants proclai m your thoughts: 
ood of Thessaly—G. of Flora. 
If he supposes that I haw 
From off this brier itty a white rose with me 
ore — : that is no coward, nor no flatterer, 
Greck Poet.—Translated by Moore. aomiucns pa a> “4 
The genus is too extensive for an attempt at description, in Pluck a ager: rose from this thorn with me. 
detail 
of ea ch, i n their turn, 0 those before me; confinin ng myself to 
ini two ‘houses is sorrhoennps typifi 
only a few of the most interesting species. Among these I k Whilst its ific Hation hy are s 
cannot forbear to notice the pemiey if only for the purpose bring 1 faci plage cite wrgone yan oly 
id rise t 
We fin find in ancient lore, the rose was made the symbol of 
ted 
silence, and consecrated by Cupid to Ha 
The angel o y 
neath a ponerch sleeping bye “E 
ine agai buds in dews from heaven: as proverbial expression “ under the rose,’’ arose no doubt 
cocks De tame i h from the two badges of the houses of York and Lancaster. 
ese fai s were continually plotting and counter-plotting 
n a matter of vital interest to 
ig 
The angel whispered to the TOS) ction’ 
** Oh! fondest object of my care, against each other. And when 
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