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Attachment, Devoted. Peruvian Heliotrope. Page 
192. 
Beauty, Capricious, Musk Rose. The small flow- 
ers of the Musk rose would be insignificant, if 
they did not grow in clusters of from twenty to 
one hundred and more. Their delicate musky 
scent is very agreeable. This plant, however, is 
extremely capricious : all at once it will languish, 
in situations which at first appeared the most 
favourable for it ; and one year it will be loaded 
with flowers, while the next perhaps it will have 
none at all. 
Ever Netv. The Monthly Rose, which 
flowers all the year. 
Fleeting; Withered Rose. When we con- 
template a withered Rose, and reflect that only 
a few hours since it was revelling in all the pride 
of beauty, we cannot but regard it as an appro- 
priate emblem of the fleeting nature of personal 
charms ; for, brilliant as they may be, how quickly 
do they fade ! Still, the withered Rose, which, 
though in decay, retains its fragrance, may teach 
us that, even when beauty has fled, we may yet, 
like it, have it in our power to please. 
Lasting, Stock. Page 150. 
