ROSE. 1 87 



THE CINNAMON or MAY ROSE. — Rosa 

 Cinnamoma. 



" Ton frais bouton, d'une aimable couleur, 

 Du cinnamome exhale Pambroisie : 

 Et Flore en toi, par une douce erreur, 

 Croit respirer les parfums de PAsie." 



This agreeably perfumed rose, which opens 

 its small blossoms in our gardens about the 

 end of May, is a native of Nice in Italy, and 

 has been common in our pleasure-grounds for 

 many ages, as Gerard tells us, in 1597, that it 

 was then cultivated in this country, both in 

 its single and double state. This rose loves 

 a dry soil and sunny situation, and deserves 

 a more frequent place in the shrubbery than 

 modern plantation allows it, as its flowers ap- 

 pear a month before the common roses, and 

 the bush grows tall enough to fill a middle 

 situation amongst shrubs, where its smooth 

 plum-coloured branches have a good effect. 

 It is a favourite with our fair, as it may be 

 worn in the bosom longer than any other 

 rose, without fading, whilst its diminutive 

 size, and red colour, together with a pleasant 

 perfume, adapt it well to fill the place of a 

 jeweller's broach. 



