THE MUSK ROSE. 
Botanical Name, Rosa moschata. —Class, Icosandria .— 
Order, Polygynia. — Floivers, white. — Native glace, 
Barbary. 
Sentiment. 
CHARMING. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The petals of this flower yield a considerable 
quantity of attar of Roses (speaking, of 
course, comparatively), the most exquisite of 
all perfumes, and, as the flower is pre-eminent 
for beauty, there cannot be a more fit emblem 
of the sentiment to which it is attached. 
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