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so well does the perfumer turn that sweetness to account, that m 

 all parts of the world he compels it to yield its aroma to him, and 

 he obtains from it an essential oil, a distilled water, a perfumed oil, 

 and a pomade ; even the withered leaves are valuable, as they 

 retain their scent for a considerable time. 



We shall now close our historical and legendary notes on the 

 Rose with one of Shakespeare's sonnets. 



' O liow miicli more doth beauty beauteous seem, 



By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! 



The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem 



For that sweet odour which doth in it live. 



The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye 



As the perfumed tincture of the roses, 



Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly 



When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; 



But, for their virtue only is their show. 



They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, 



Die to themselves. Sweet Roses do not so ; 



Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : 

 And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, 

 When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.' 



Of the Koses which are natives of these islands, the British 

 Botanist notices twenty belonging to England, four to Scotland, 

 one to Ireland, and one to the Scilly Isles. These are made to 

 form seven distinct species in the Hortus Keivensis, the most 

 delightful of which is the Sweet Brier, or Eglantine, Bosa Buhi- 

 ginosa, or Eglcuntiiia. 



' By Sweet Brier hedges bathed in dew, 

 Let me my wholesome path pursue.' — Wharton. 



' Come, gentle air ! and while the thickest bloom, 

 Convey the Jasmine's breath divine. 

 Convey the Woodbine's rich perfume. 

 Nor spare the sweet-leaved Eglantine.' — Shenstone. 



This species of Rose is found in chalky or gravelly soils, on heaths 

 or hedges, in most parts of Europe ; it is also largely cultivated in 

 British gardens to form ornamental hedges, and under such treat- 

 ment the foliage becomes luxuriant, and after a shower emits an 

 exceedingly strong and refreshing fragrance which fills the air, and 

 is borne a long distance by the breeze. 



A new race of hybrid Sweet Briers has been lately introduced, 

 which not only produce a grand display of highly- coloured sweet- 

 scented blossoms, but the foliage retains ail the fragrant charms 

 attached to the old-fashioned kind. All will welcome this new 

 class, the introduction of which is mainly due to the Right Hon. 



