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SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 
That spirit to whose charge is given 
To bathe young buds in dews from hearan, 
Awaking from his light repose, 
The angel whispered to the rose,— 
* Oh, fondest object of my care, 
Still fairest found where all are fair, 
For the sweet shade thou’st given to me, 
Ask what thou wilt, ’tis granted thee.’ 
‘ Then,’ said the rose, with deepened glow, 
‘ On me another grace bestow.’ 
The spirit paused in silent thought— 
What grace was there that flower had not ? 
’Twas but a moment—o’er the rose 
A veil of moss the angel throws; 
And, robed in nature’s simplest weed, 
Can there a flower that rose exceed V 
SPECIES AND VARIETIES 
Botanists enumerate at least eighty distinct species of the Rcae, and 
ft cists an almost innumerable number of varieties and sub-varieties, 
m >st of which are hardy, deciduous, or evergreen shrubs. To attempt 
a description or even to give a list of the names of all of these would 
be foreign to the design of this little treatise, and would be a needless 
waste of time, for the simple reason that many of them are unworthy 
of preservation, while in others, nothing short of the nicest and the 
most minute inspection can discover any difference. 
The following are the names and characters of the more important 
and desirable members of this family, best adapted to this conntry 
and may be purchased at any of our principal florists:— 
3&eitgal or Bail# Ikosc*. 
Names. 
Animated, 
Arsenie, 
Augustine Hersent, 
Assuerus, 
Admiral Duperre, 
Belle Isidore, 
Color and C h tract er » 
Rosy blush. 
Light rose. 
Superb rose. 
Crimson. 
Dark rose. 
Crimson. 
