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ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Rubus 
Fl Dan. 788— (E. Bot. 2442. E.)— Woodv. 138—Clus.i. 117—Dod. 743. 1— 
Lob. Obs. 619. 2 —Ger. Em. 1272. 2— J. B. ii. 59. 2 —Lonic. i. 41. 2— 
Park. Par. 559. 1—Trag. 973— Ger. 1089. 1—Matth. 1010. 
Open her bosom’s glowing veil, 
Than love shall ever doubt a tone, 
A breath of the beloved one.” 
But to no poet, ancient or modern, of either hemisphere, has occurred, in contemplating 
these subjects, a more exquisitely beautiful thought than the following by Witherspoon, 
though devoid of Oriental embellishment:— 
“ O gin my love were yon red Ilose, 
That grows upon the castle wa’ 
And I mysel’ a drap o’ dew 
Into her bonie breast to fa’! 
Oh, there, beyond expression blest, 
I’d feast on beauty a’ the night; 
Seal’d on her silk-saft faulds to rest, 
’Till fley’d awa by Phoebus light.” 
Not less emblematic of beauty and loveliness than the Myrtle itself, the Rose most aptly 
designates the tender passion, by its gradual advance from the bud to the full blown 
flower; and in its different stages was wont to be mutually presented, and if favourably 
accepted, was deemed the pledge of future felicity. Nor does the simile end with a wild 
career of passion: it is equally typical of a more permanent, and ever-enduring attach¬ 
ment : 
» — ■ - “ Because its breath 
Is rich beyond the rest; and, when it dies, 
It doth bequeath a charm to sweeten death.” B. Cornwall. 
The Entomologist will find the Rose far from unattractive. The different species 
nurture the following insects: Phalcena Salicella , Pavonia, Libatrix , Retularia; 
Tenthredo Rosce, Cynosbati; Ichneumon Bedegauris ; Cicada Rosce; Aphis Roses; 
Scarabceus auralus: Musca pellucens; and those moss-like fibrous excrescences, which 
are frequently found upon the branches of Roses, especially upon the last species, are 
the habitations of the Cynips Rosce , (a small fly which piercing the tender plant 
with its sting, sheds a drop of liquid, together with its eggs. But even this apparently 
secure depository does not escape the penetrating Ichneumon, which bores into the 
secret chamber, and commits his own destroying egg to the offspring.) The splendid 
beetle (Cefojiia aurata), that beds and bathes in sweetness, nestles into the Rose, and 
sips its nectar. Coccinella punctata, (Lady-bird), relieves the Rose, (as it does other 
plants,) by feeding on the innumerable Aphides which often cluster its stem and foliage. 
These little creatures illustrate the observation of naturalists that the torpidity of insects, 
as of other hyhernating animals, is caused by cold ; the same temperature also, in many 
instances, destroying their usual supply of sustenance. Thus the Aphis , which becomes 
torpid in winter in the open air, retains its activity, and gives birth to a numerous 
progeny upon Rose trees preserved in conservatories. The beauty of the Rose is often im¬ 
paired by the froth of Cicada spumaria , Cuckoo-spit, (than which no insect may be 
more readily observed, or is more worthy of notice, whilst undergoing its truly surprising 
transformation:) and also its own peculiar saw-fly, Tenthredo Rosce; (vid. Kirby 
and Spence’s Entom. i. 194.) The miniature instrument with which this insect is 
furnished is far more complete than any similar invention of human ingeruity, being 
toothed on each side, (the serrafures often serrated, and the exterior flat sides scored 
and toothed,) so that while the vertical effect is that of a saw, it acts laterally as a rasp. 
"When by the alternate motion, (the instrument being in fact composed of two distinct 
saws) the incision or cell is made, the two saw's, receding from each other, conduct the 
egg between them into it. The economy of the Megachile (Apis ) cenluncularis is likewise 
well worthy of attention. This, and some other species, hang the walls of their little 
cells with portions of leaves, generally selecting those of the Rose-tree, (though not 
exclusively); and from the dexterity with which they effect this purpose, they have not 
