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ROSE.— ROSA. 



Natural order, Senticosce. Rosacea, Juss. A 

 genus of the Icosandria Polygynia class. 



" I am the Rose of Sharon." Solomon's Song, ii. 1. 



" The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, 

 and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." 



Isaiah, xxxv. 1. 



" The nightingales warbled their enchanting notes, and 

 rent the thin veils of the rose-bud and the rose." Jami. 



" Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower 

 That ever drank the amber shower ; 

 Rose ! thou art the fondest child 

 Of dimpled spring, the wood-nymph wild ! 

 Even the gods, who walk the sky, 

 Are amorous of thy scented sigh ; — 

 Cupid too, in Paphian shades, 

 His hair with rosy fillet braids." 



Moore's Anacreon, Ode 44. 



" The rose abashed, with a comely blush 

 Unveils her virgin cheeks, and to the gods 

 Due honours pays, and with its fragrant smell, 

 Sabean odours like, perfumes their domes." 



Columella, lib. x. 



" Non e, non e la porpora 

 De la Monzese rosa, 

 Non e de la muscosa 

 II vermiglio gentil. 



