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sincerity. 
The wild rose scents the summer air, 
And woodbines weave in bowers, 
To glad the swain sojourning there, 
And maidens gathering flowers. 
CLARE. 
Clemence Isaure, who instituted the floral 
games, awarded a single rose as the prize for 
eloquence. „ , 
The standards of the houses of York and 
Lancaster were charged with the hearing of 
the wild rose. This flower was also stamped 
on the current coin of those days. 
Thou once was doomed, 
Where civil discord braved the field, 
To grace the banner and the shield. 
FABLE OF THE ROSE. 
SINCERITY. 
FERN. 
“ Fern often affords an agreeable seat to 
lovers; its ashes are used in the manufacture 
of glasses for the convivial party; and all the 
world knows that love and wine make men 
