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Beauty, Capricious, Musk Rose. The small 
flowers of the Musk Rose would he insignifi¬ 
cant if they did not grow in clusters of from 
twenty to one hundred and more. Their 
delicate musky scent is very agreeable. This 
plant, however, is extremely capricious : all 
at once it will languish in situations which 
at first appeared the most favourable for it: 
and one year it will he loaded with flowers, 
while the next perhaps it will have none at 
all. 
__Ever New. The Monthly Rose, which 
flowers all the year. 
_Fleeting, Withered Rose. When we 
contemplate a withered Rose, and reflect that 
only a few hours since it was revelling in all 
the pride of beauty, we cannot but regard it 
as an appropriate emblem of the fleeting 
nature of personal charms; for, brilliant as 
they may be, how quickly do they fade! Still, 
the withered rose, which, though in decay, 
retains its fragrance, may teach us that, even 
when beauty has fled, we may yet, like it, 
have it in our power to please. 
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