THE KOSE-LEAF CUTTER. 
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“None but soft maternal care 
Such a nursery could prepare; 
Yet when the nurseling opes his eye, 
Earth alone might seem his mother; 
For around, beneath, on high, 
Vainly would he seek another: 
His is far in fields of air! 
While he bursts to being there. 
“ Perhaps she sips her honeyed pleasure, 
Forgetful of her infant treasure; 
Y et blame her not, ye lady mothers ! 
She is but a poppy bee; 
Only mind that ye and others 
Do your duty well as she, — 
When by loving foresight guided, 
For her offspring’s wants provided.” 
There is another industrious member of the 
“ upholsterer ” craft called the rose-leaf cutter. 
Rose-Leaf Cutter. 
From June to August there are often to be 
found on rose-trees leaves from which have been 
cut pieces of a circular or oval form, with as much 
