The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-29
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ine rersians, compared with their
neighbors, the Turks and Egyptians, are
lively people. but we would call them
quiet, and even sad, because their gayety
is so different from ours, and their man.
ners are more grave and dignifed. But
they are fond OF amusements, and one of
their yearly festivals is the "Feast Of the
Roses" which takes place during the
rose season, which is June, July, aud
indeed the greater part Of the summer
l will try to tell you something about it.
The climate being very warm, the peo.
pie live much out of doors. and during
this feast tents are pitched every one
wears his or her prettiest dresses, and, as
all eastern people are fond of bright COL
ors, the scene is very gay one.
During this festival everything betok.
ems mirth and enjoyment. The cymbals
and Lutte are heard from morning till
night, the story.tellers recount their most
beautiful tales and the dancing. girls
dance for hours at time. Then, when
the night comes, and the moonlight covers
everything like silver cloud, the people
stretch themselves on their soft CARPETS
and listen to the songs Of the nightingales
and soft serenades on the women's lutes.
In some parts of Turkey whole fields
Of roses are cultivated, from which the
Turks make the famous "attar Of roses"
which is so fragrant that vessel or any.
thing touched with drop Of il seems
never to lose the smell and the Hindoos
scatter rose.leaves in the water they drink
to give it pleasant appearance
There are more than two hundred
kinds Of roses, and they are Of all sizes,
from the tiny "Picayune rose" so called
because it is no larger than a five cent
piece-which, in the SOUTH is called a
picayune-to the immense cabbape.rose
Of all shades Of color, bright yellow, pink,
red, and almost black The Rose OF Da
mascus, or damask rose, is the one first
brought to this country, and is very
deep red, with strong perfume. Then
there are the Egyptian sea.roses, tea
roses, rock.roses, which grow in dry,
rocky places, where no other flower can
live; and the Alpine rose, growing by
the eternal now.drifts Of the Alps.
Roses are hardy plants, and will live
long time, if properly cared for. There
is rose.tree in Germany which is known
to be eight hundred years old, and it is
still blossoming.
We all know and love the pretty moss
rose, with its messy. green veil, that gives
it such q shy, modest air; and the tea.
rose, which, in the south and west, grows
on large trees The writer had in her
gaI den ia Arkansas, vne which grew to
be over seven feet high, and would bear
as many as five hundred blossoms at once.
But there is one rose more curious
than all the others-the Rose Of Jericho
1t has another name which botansts call
it, that is, AnaSt0tica, Greek word,
meaning resurrection and the Arabs call
it the symbol Of immortality, because it
comes to life again long after it has
seemed to be dead. 1t lives in the hot
sands Of the Desert Of Sahara and when
the dry season comes in it withers, folds
its leaves, and draws up its roots like lit
tie feet, into light ball, and the winds
of the desert carry it until it reaches
moist soil, and then, we arc told, it drops,
takes root, and its leaves become green,
and its blossoms open, delicate pink.
There is flower in Mexico, known as
the Resurrection Flower, which is very
much the same. 1t may be carried about
in your pocket for year and more, aud
yet when put into saucer of water, in
a few hours will blossom out as bright
and fresh as if had just come out Of the
Sa'HIH " neu tue I,omans conquered Britain,
more than eighteen hundred years ago,
they introduced many curious customs
into that country-among others, that Of
carving the figure Of a rose on the cell
ings Of their banqueting. halls, or suspend.
ing a natural rose over the dining-.able,
with the Latin motto, "Su6 rosa" writ
ten above it, to indicate that whatever
was said there among friends, or "under
the rose"-for that was the meaning of
the words--should not be repeated, the
white rose being the symbol OF silence.
The rose is the national emblem Of En-
gland, as the thistle is Scotland, and the
shamrock, or clover, of ireland. Every
one who has studied history knows of the
Wars of the Roses in England, when the
two rival families Of York and Lancaster
fought for the English crown, the house
of York having for its badge the white
rose, and the house of Lancaster the red.
Many Of my young readers have heard
of the language Of flowers, in which peo-
pie can hold conversations with each
other for instance A white rose is the
emblem of silence withered rose Of any
color means. "Let us forget y and yell
low rose, despair and so on. A rose
handed to person means one thing when
handed upright, another when its position
is reversed. With its thorns it has Ger
tain meaning without them still another.
Among these eastern people--the Per
slams, Turks and Hindoos- this language
of flowers is so perfectly understood that,
by means Of a bunch Of their iavorite
roses, long conversations may be carried
on without a word being spoken. This
suits these people, who do not like to
talk very much, but who are, neverthe-
less, very romantic, dreamy, and poetic
race.-Lay De Soeia Hood, IN ".
Nicholas for Mly.
That man, wearing black weed trim
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