. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAMASK ROSE. DAMASK ROSE {Rosa Damascena).—BEAUTY Ever New. The varieties of the Damask Rose are numerous. They are universal favourites. In May they begin and continue to bloom until Autumn. In France some varieties are in flower in every season of the year, whence they are called Roses de Quatre-Saisons, and on that account are the suitable emblem of Beauty Ever New. The Monthly Rose begins first, and continues the latest, to bloom in England, and therefore adequately supplies with us
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAMASK ROSE. DAMASK ROSE {Rosa Damascena).—BEAUTY Ever New. The varieties of the Damask Rose are numerous. They are universal favourites. In May they begin and continue to bloom until Autumn. In France some varieties are in flower in every season of the year, whence they are called Roses de Quatre-Saisons, and on that account are the suitable emblem of Beauty Ever New. The Monthly Rose begins first, and continues the latest, to bloom in England, and therefore adequately supplies with us the place of the Rose de Quatre-Saisons. It flowers until checked by frosts, and if protected by glass, and aided by artificial heat, it will yield us its bloom up to Christmas. DANDELION {Leontoden taraxacum).—ORACLE. The bright-hued Dandelion is known to all. It opens its petals to the earliest rays of the sun, a peculiarity Elliott has not forgotten to notice in enumerating " the wonders of the lane,"— " And here the sun-flower of the spring, Burns bright in morning's ; Moore alludes to its unfolding to the rays of the sun, and closing when they are withdrawn or intercepted,— " She, enamoured of the sun, At his departure hangs her head and weeps, And shrouds her sweetness up, and keeps 75. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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