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FLORAL POESY. 
mallow,” and, indeed, belongs to the mallow family. 
From the fact that it is known in France as Rose 
cl'outre Mer, or “rose from beyond the sea,” it has 
been surmised that it was first introduced into Europe 
from Syria by the Crusaders. 
“ Queen Hollyhock, with butterflies for crowns.” 
THE ROSE. 
( Love — Joy — Prosperity.) 
HE Rose has been acknowledged by all antiquity 
to be the queen of flowers, though her reign is 
somewhat disputed by the queen Lily. One is tempted 
to look on them both as sister sovereigns of the floral 
world. The Rose, the emblem of a material dominion 
“ of the earth earthy ; ” the Lily, of a spiritual empire 
of purity and lofty aspiration. But with all peoples 
the Rose has ever been the emblem of love, joy, and 
prosperity. 
It is mentioned by the earliest writers of antiquity. 
Herodotus speaks of the double rose ; in the song of 
Solomon the rose of Sharon is mentioned, and allusion 
is also made to the plantation of roses at Jericho. 
Isaiah uses the blossoming of the rose as a perfect em¬ 
blem of joy and felicity. 
The ancients regarded the Rose as the emblem of 
silence, as well as of love and joy, and frequently repre¬ 
sented Cupid offering one to Ilarpocrates, the Cod of 
Silence. As a further illustration of this symbolism, 
