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The royal rose has redissSt; tt,
shame any other queen. IT is 50 iotzEr1
SO fullSof c11chan ting turns a.la twists
ana so delightfully."- euxnbe-ed VIII.
myth, fable aud history She Is ma
way u paradox. since, although by ala-
spearancc ana perfume thsmosr troIs,
Eical OF blossoms. She is yet by nativity
Her habitat Is bounded north and.
south. roughly speaking, by the TWEEN
ieth and the seventeen parallels. She
grows wild all over Europe III Afric:t
as low as GAbySSinia. in Asia to ana
through Ircia and in North America to
the edge of Mexico.
Most wild roses are single Yet pliIsS
mentions double ones among them the
hundred leaf, and Herodotus says.
"Macedonia has. gardens of Midas, With
roses of sixty petals breathing out
delightful Perfume" Whoevcr has
read Roman history must recall! thc
roses of PaestuIn, which hlonmed
twice Il gear. notwithstanding this
Rome's farorite rose was the Hundred
Leaf. 1t followed the eagles and the
lesions wherever they wentNnd grows
today over three parts of the Roman
world. a vital record OF that Gl;i t!clc.
occupation.
Etylnoog rose" is iron, tie
Celtic rhodd or rhudd, red" also the
root of rudy" Tho Greek :l;ne.
rhodon, has the same lneaninG. So
have most rose names in amy language.
Botanieally the flower gives is::11it' 20
the great na tt1rnl order rosHeeac. A;,si-
ticillly ii is classed under polygoniae.
the many angled. The Wild forms
have always t1eshy. urn or pitcher
shaped calyNes. twenty or NOR" sta
mems. five petals and five sepaiS- IL"
sepals show Il bit Of ratNrcss tco$t
cunning, work. Two of them0Tc beard
ed at both edges. two without boards
and the fifth bearded at one edge ma
straight along the other. Thus they
inclose the bud with a bounded over
lap along every seam, good to iepci
moisture and to put to rout every in
trusive creeping thing.
Rose cultures beginning goes back
beyond records. The flower IS mem
toned in the earliest Coplc manu-
scripts India's traditions take the
rose to the times of the gods on earth
Egypt had roses, wild and tame before
the Roman occupation made it in
way Romes commercial rose garden.
Yet, curiously enough, there is no ref
erence to the flower in painting. sculp-
ture or hieroglyphics. Japan in our
time parallels Egypt. Roses flourish
there, but do not serve as motif for
artists. There is this further likeness
neither Egypt nor Japan has rose
song or love song proper, SO it may
well be that madam the rose is avenS-
ed for the slight
The Jews. returning from the Baby:
lonish captivity, took with them !.
recompense of roses. Semiramis- with
the world at her feet. fo.lnd her chief
joy III Il bower of roses. Mollo mined
turned back from Damascus alter
viewing it encircled with rose gss rdens-
cit is too delightful. 4 man c:ii have
but one paradise said the prophet.
Damascus lies in the heart of Syria.
whose name some geoGraphcrs derive
from ser. meaning wild rose. and
wild roses are abundant there The |
damask roses of our gardens go back
to Damascus They Were brought |
from it at the time of the crslsades, |
exactly when or by whom
nobody can certainly say.-AlarthA Nc |
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