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the damask. The latter is considered a safe 

 and gentle purgative for children, when admi- 

 nistered in infusion or by way of syrup. 



The red roses are astringent, and particu- 

 larly so when taken before they are fully 

 blown ; conserves are made of both these 

 kinds of roses. 



Ladies may make their own milk of roses, 

 by simply adding one ounce of the oil of 

 almonds to a pint of rose water, after which 

 ten drops of the oil of tartar is to be added. 



We shall conclude our history of the rose 

 with the lines of the Ayrshire Ploughman. 



" Never may'st thou, lovely flower, 

 Chilly shrink in sleety show'r ! 

 Never Boreas' hoary path, 

 Never Eurus' pois'nous breath, 

 Never baleful stellar lights, 

 Taint thee with untimely blights ! 

 Never, never, reptile thief, 

 Riot on thy virgin leaf ! 

 Nor even Sol too fiercely view 

 Thy bosom blushing still with dew ! 



May'st thou long, sweet crimson gem, 

 Richly deck thy native stem ; 

 Till some ev'ning, sober, calm, 

 Dropping dews, and breathing balm, 

 While all around the woodland rings, 

 And ev'ry bird thy requiem sings ; 

 Thou, amid the dirgeful sound, 

 Shed thy dying honours round, 

 And resign to parent earth 

 The loveliest form she e'er gave With." 



