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head in imitation of the forest trees. Where 

 it is desirable to raise them to a height above 

 dwarf bushes, it has a good effect ; as also 

 when planted in flower gardens, as pinks and 

 other flowers, may cover the ground with blos- 

 soms, whilst the rose forms a kind of parasol 

 over them ; but in general we prefer a rose- 

 bush to a tree of roses, and are better pleased 

 to look into a rose than up to it. Delille 

 notices this modern practice with that of 

 keeping apple-trees in a dwarf state. 



" Of old, the rose on lowly bramble sprung, 

 While high in air the ruddy apple hung ! 

 Now, strange reverse ! the rose-tree climbs the skies, 

 While scarce from earth our apple-trees arise." 



The white field rose, rosa arvensis, is com- 

 monly called the White Dog-rose. This is 

 much less fragrant than the last-mentioned. 

 As the fruit of this kind ripens, it changes 

 from an oblong into a globose shape. The 

 styles of the flower, as soon as they have 

 passed through the neck of the calyx, are 

 compacted into a cylinder, resembling a single 

 style, terminated by a knob composed of the 

 stigmas, which distinguish it from the other 

 species. It is said to be the most common 

 rose in the west of Yorkshire, and it is gene- 

 rally mentioned as the rebel rose. 



A young English lady appearing in com- 



