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inhabitants of tlie East, incluclino- the Hindoos and the 

 Moors of Spain, is this beautiful flower indebted for the 

 most careful and abundant cultivation, and for a due ap- 

 preciation of its merits. 



At the i^resent time the Rose is cultivated*, throughout 

 the civilized world. Loudon speaks of hedges of mixed 

 Provence Roses, in the garden of Rosenstein, in Germany, 

 and also of their profusion in the public garden of Frank- 

 fort. They are found in the gardens of Yalencia, in 

 Spain, and Sir John Carr, speaking of the seat of a Span- 

 ish gentleman near Tarragona, says, " The doors of the 

 dining room open into a small garden, the walls of which 

 are covered with myrtles, jasmines, and roses. In the 

 Botanic garden of Madrid, rose trees are used for divid- 

 ing hedges, and the liovv'er is a favorite throughout Spain. 



Among the Spanish ladies, the Rose is highly valued, 

 and, with the Orange flower, is a favorite ornament for the 

 hair. TTe have frequently been struck, while traveling in 

 the Spanish T\^est Indies, and in some parts of South 

 America, vv^ith the careful nurture and attention bestowed 

 on a single rose bush, and the delight exhibited at its bloom, 

 while all around in natural luxuriance were the most beau- 

 tiful and gorgeous plants and flowers which the tropics 

 can produce. The brilliant cactus, the beautiful oleander, 

 the singular orchids, and the delicate and fragrant flowers 

 of the co&e and orange, seemed cast into the shade by 

 the ancient and well-known Rose. 



I well recollect, that on returning* one dav from a ride into 

 the country, where I had been luxuriating in the gorgeous 

 splendor of a tropical forest, the fair daughter of my host- 

 ess wished to introduce me to a flower, which, in her 

 oiDinion, far surpassed all that I had seen ; she accompanied 

 me to the top of the flat-roofed house, used at the South 

 as a place of evening resort, and there, in one corner, I 

 found a thrifty plant of the Tea Rose, which to her infin- 

 ite delight, was just showing above its glossy and delicate 



