Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — How a Rose Was Produced. [ARTICLE]

How a Rose Was Produced.

In tho old mythology Cupid is said to have tripped while carrying a vase of nectar, and this falling upon tho Valley on earth produced the rose. Solomon's rose garden isnourJeruu \|nlinniin«ilii n.Junoti'l, l ” to the effect that the genii met the king thore and signed a bond with him, writton with saffron and rose water, on the petals of whlto rosos. At the east end of the cathedral of Hildosholin, in Hanover, Germuny, there is a rose tree which is tho wonder and admiration of all lovers of flowers. It is said to he 800 years old, and is fed with bullock's blood, convoyed to its roots by pi pi s. Tradition says tlmtonoof the earlier emperors had mass celebrated in tho forest on this site. His chaplain, ut the conclusion of the service, hung the sacred vessels on a rose bush and followed the chaso witii his master. Whan they returned they found the rose bush grown to an enormous size, so that tho holy vessels were qulto beyond their roach. The Emperor built a shrine, and subsequently a cathedral, to demonstrate the miracle. In 1685 but four species of roses were known. La Qulrttln, gardener to Louis XIV, raised the number to fourteen. In 1820 Alphonse do Candollo onumeorted one hundred and forty species. The number of wild species now known to botanlstras is over two hundred and fifty, to which may be addod as many more sub species, or varieties, while the list of garden varieties, mostly with double llowerB; number? over six thousand, and it is every year fecelvlng fresh additions. Black roses are odd, rather than pretty. They are not really black, but a dusky red. The color is said to be produced by engrafting a sprig of hickory upon the rose tree.