KC12019 HARVARD ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. PREFACE. OF Roses there are many varieties, some of which are classed according to the frequency of their periods of flowering, such as the Daily, the Monthly, etc. Other varieties depend on the color of the flower, as your Red Rose, your White Rose, your Blush Rose, your Yellow Rose, and your Black Rose. Again, there are the Damascus Rose from the East, and the Wild Mountain Rose from the West; the Multiflora Rose with its thousands of buds and flowers, and the Prim Rose, which is no Rose at all, but a yellow weed. Now, one would naturally suppose that as our "Rose" has made its appearance regularly for several years, full of flowers and fragrance, blushes and dew-tears and smiles, it would have attracted the attention of botanists, and been placed in the catalogues of the flower-fanciers. But, paradoxical as such an assertion may seem, Our Rose, notwithstanding the brilliancy and fragrance of its flowers, and the acknowledged superiority of its medicinal, moral, and sanatory qualities, has never been described or even named by the regular florists. This neglect we must ourselves repair, at least so far as to give it a descriptive name, drawn from the period of its appearance, and the number and richness of its artistical and literary beauties. We name it the ANNUAL MULTIFLORA ROSE; and we notify the scribes and secretaries of the flower-loving people, to enter the name at once in their books. |