RAGGED 
ROBIN (Lychnis Flos-cuculi ) 
Broken promise. 
Is His mercy clean gone for 
ever? doth His promise fail for 
evermore ? Hath God forgotten to 
be gracious ? Psalms lxxvii. 8, 9. 
ROCKET (Hesperis) 
A rival. 
Hold that fast which thou hast, 
that no man take thy crown. 
Revelation iii. it. 
ROSE (Rosa centi/olia) 
Love. 
God is love; and he that dwelleth 
in love dwelleth in God, and God 
in him. 1 John iv. 16. 
BRIER 
ROSE see Sweet Brier 
CHRISTMAS 
ROSE (Ifclleborus niger) 
Good tidings. 
And the angel said unto them, 
Fear not : for, behold, I bring you 
good tidings of great joy, which 
shall be to all people. For unto 
you is born this day in the city of 
David a Saviour, which is Christ 
the Lord • St. Luke ii. 10, n. 
DOG 
ROSE (Rosa canina) 
Pleasure out of pain. 
The wilderness and the solitary 
place shall be glad for them ; and 
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom 
as the rose. Isaiah xxxv. i. 
GUELDER 
ROSE (Viburnum opulus ) 
Old age. 
Even to your old age I am He ; 
and even to hoar hairs will I carry 
you : I have made, and I will bear; 
even I will carry, and will deliver 
you. Isaiah xlvi. 4. 
MONTHLY 
ROSE (Rosa indie a) 
Love always new. 
Love is of God ; and everyone 
that loveth is born of God, and 
knoweth God. x John iv. 7. 
MOSS 
ROSE (Rosa centi/olia, variety of) 
Confession of love. 
I am my beloved’s, and my 
beloved is mine. Canticles vi. 3. 
We love Him, because He first 
loved us. 1 John iv. 19. 
PROVENCE 
ROSE (Rosa centi/olia') 
Ambassador of love. 
We are ambassadors for Christ, as 
though God did beseech you by us : 
we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 
2 Corinthians v. 20. 
RED 
ROSE-BUD 
Do you love me ? 
Jesus saith to Simon Peter . . . 
Lovest thou Me ? And he said unto 
Him, Lord, Thou knowest all 
things; Thou knowest that I love 
Thee. St. John xxi. 15, 17. 
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