POETRY OP FLOWERS. 199 
It does seem strange that flowers—and of all 
flowers, that most brilliant one, the rose—should 
be so often associated with death and sorrow • 
and yet the combination is a universal one! 
formerly, the rose was blended with the lily to 
form a general emblem of frail mortality. 
ROSE-BUD, MOSS. 
Rosamuscosa .... Class 12 ■, Order 13. 
CONFESSION OF LOVE. 
I do believe that unto thee 
Truth, honor, plain sincerity, 
Are jewels far before 
All that the others think are dear; 
And yet far more than they I fear, 
Because /love thee move! 
And yet I hope, because I love 
With thoughts that set thee far above 
Vain Fortune's glittering store; 
Others may deem thou canst be won 
By things that sparkle in the sun, 
But oh ! I love thee more! 
G. P. R. James. 
Some of the mythologists ascribe the origin 
oi the rose to the beautiful Ilhodante, Queen of 
