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the fresh charms it displays. Like the China 
rose, which although it is neither the most fra¬ 
grant or beautiful, is perhaps the most va¬ 
luable, since its duration is prolonged by a suc¬ 
cession of beauties. 
BEAUTY IS YOUR ONLY ATTRACTION. 
Japan Rose. —Camellia Japonica. 
“ Of colours, changing from the splendid rose. 
To the pale violets dejected hue.” 
Akenside. 
This beautiful flower, the pride of the Ja¬ 
panese grove, although it attracts all eyes by 
its beauty, fails for want of fragrance to at¬ 
tach us like the rose, whose essence renders it 
more precious than even its unequalled beauty. 
“ Arnoret, my lovely foe. 
Tell me where thy strength doth lie : 
Where the power that charms us so, 
I n thy soul, or in thy eye ?” 
Waller. 
