THE MONTHLY ROSE. 
Botanical Name, Rosa Damascena. —Class, Icosandria. 
—Order, Polygynia. — Flowers, pale blush .—Native 
place, the Levant. 
Sentiment. 
FOE EYEE FAIE. 
ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
The idea is evidently derived from this rose 
blooming all the year; the promise of spring, 
the sunshine of summer, autumn, “ season of 
mists and yellow fruitfulness,” even stern 
winter’s self, are all gladdened by the flower¬ 
ing of the monthly 
“ Rose * for ever fair.’ ” 
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