The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-29
ROMANCE OF ROSES.
Whence Three Popular Favorites
Derived Their Names. z
Interesting Legends Attached TO Beauti-
full -Marechal Neils Present
TO Empress Eugenie-The Bon
Silene and Jacqueminot.
Then hey for hardy roses

son or two ayo was one of tbe in,
dIsnensabla eonirments ~ 4 fashion.
ab,a woman has been reSivad IN ali n,
former glory. Miss Dorothy no lonee,
carries In her hand 10 the opera. the
ball or the luncheon her eold- lined bon.
bonniere and cut-p,ass yiniarrette, bu,
confines them To her oxydized rirdle,
while In their stead her two hands--sc
big IRE the dimensions-clasp a bouquet
Of gorgeous blossoms.
The favorite flowers, now that the
chrysan themum season is over. are the
bouvardia, carnations and ever delight
ful roses, says the Detroit Free Press.
These are msssed In solid hemisphere
and out ined with. maiden-hair fern OF
other dainty green foliage. OF the
roses the fayorites depend upon the
color, the more intense OF the reds, vel
lows and what are called rose colors be-
inR generally selected. OF tho inter
mediate or dull shades but few are
chosen. The debutante, of course, car
ries white.
Ono Of the pre.tiest OF the reds. and
which enhances the beauty OF the red
toilet, now the extreme Of fashion, IA
the Papa Gsutier, ite fine, long. large,
red dbuds making ; especially we'll liked.
The good General 1Jaoouemlnot. Ron
SiIene and Marechal Neil viii no doubt
always remain In favor with rose-wor-
sinners. few of whom perhans ara aware
Of the interesting legend attached TO
each and which mas been treated by ona
Of our writers of action. According %
this writar tho Msrechal Neil WAS rooted
from the stem Of one OF a whole BASKET
Of roses presented BY French peasa nj
TO the returning warrior, sick and
wounded, after his noted heroism In
italy. when France aided Victor Eman-
uel In driving out the Austrians. This
particular shoot continuing TO grow,
Neil determined to keep II, and return
inQ to France placed Il in the hands OF
a noted fioriculturist, and the next
spring II bore four of the loyeliest, palo
lemon-tnted roses tho world has ever
seen. After having been awarded the
cross OF the Legion of Honor ho was In
yited to a reception by the then EN-
press Eugene. to whom he presented
one Of the roses, when she observed:
"And so you have proved the truth OF
what the old able used 70 say in his SER
mons at Pau about casting the bread
upon the waters! Dear me, but he was
tedious, that good abbe,r continued her
Majesty, with the softest look Of retro
spection in her lovely dark eyes. mo,
M. le Marechal," said she, viyaciously,
81 shall christen this rose for YOU" r
The Bon Silene is said 10 have
sprung up from the cleft of broken
statue to the ancient Bishop Silenus.
As none Of the fathers had ever seen
such rose, one Of them said: "Let It
be called the rose Of the good Sllenus. Z"
The Jaoqueminot is tribe more
fanciful In origin. An irate father slew
the lover OF his daughter, upon which
she died OF q broken heart. There was
q clump OF Louis Quinze roses growing
by the seat where tho lovers were when
the General found them. These rose
branches were red with the youths
blood and the girls father ordered them
cut away. The next spring green shoots
grew from the roots again, and one day
the gardener said;
Monsieur, will you come into the
garden? There is a miracle to be
seem"
Truly 1t seemed miracle had been
wrought. One splendid stem had
grown up, and on 1t was a bud half
opened. 1t was not pale pink, as the
parent had been, but cardinal, velvety
red-a royal rose, full OF grace and
beauty.
The man who had never flinched at
the charge of the wild Arab when he
rode side by side with Kleber, and stood
the shock OF ten Of the Hungarian and