. North American wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers -- Canada; Fleurs sauvages -- Canada. Nat. Obd. HosACEiS. EAELY WILD ROSE. Eosa "Xor did I wonder at the lilies wbite^ Nor praise the deep vermillion of the rose.*^ Shakespeare. " Tlie rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem, For that sweet odour which in it doth ; Shakespeare. UR Artist has given us in the present plate a charming specimen of one of our native roses. The early flowering Rose {Rosa blanda) is hardly so deeply tinted as our dwarf wild rose, rosa lucida, but both possess attractions of colour and
. North American wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers -- Canada; Fleurs sauvages -- Canada. Nat. Obd. HosACEiS. EAELY WILD ROSE. Eosa "Xor did I wonder at the lilies wbite^ Nor praise the deep vermillion of the rose.*^ Shakespeare. " Tlie rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem, For that sweet odour which in it doth ; Shakespeare. UR Artist has given us in the present plate a charming specimen of one of our native roses. The early flowering Rose {Rosa blanda) is hardly so deeply tinted as our dwarf wild rose, rosa lucida, but both possess attractions of colour and fragrance ; qualities that have made the rose to be the them, of many a poet's song. In the flowery language of the East, beauty and the rose seem almost to be synonymous. The Italian poets are full of allusions to the rose, especially to the red damask rose, which they call '^purpurea ; A popular song in the days of Charles the 1st was that beginning with the lines— " Gather your roses while you may, For time is still a flying. And that same flower that blooms to-day,- To-morrow may be ;. 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 Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Chamberlin, Agnes D. , 1833-1913. [S. l. : s. n.
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