THE BEAUTY OF THE ROSE. 
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shut witliin their fringed cups. Later in the season, we become 
critical — we reject the full-blown flower for the half-open bud, 
but just now we are eager to feast our eyes upon a rose — a true, 
perfect rose — with all her beauties opening to the light, all her 
silken petals unfolding in rich profusion about her fragrant heart. 
