During the few days that remained previously to their leaving home, the children were much in the garden. Each day brought some fresh flower into blossom, so that the parterres were a scene of great variety and beauty. Most of the rose-trees were adorned with their exquisite flowers. Mrs. Vernon told them, that the rose was always considered the queen of flowers, being a combination of beauty, elegance, and fragrance. The variety is very great: who were united by the marriage of parts of the continent for many species; have some very rose I showed you last month, Agnes, with its flowers red on the outside, and yellow within?" "It was the Austrian rose, mamma. There is not one left; they were very early, and soon decayed, and had no perfume, but rather a disagreeable smell." "You are right, Agnes," said her mamma; " and I am glad to hear that you remember what I tell you; next summer, I hope you will be able to tell me the names of any flowers I point out to you." "Yes, mamma, I hope I shall; and perhaps you will allow me to look at. the plates of some of your botanical books, which will help me very much." "Well, my dear," said her mamma, "when the winter evenings arrive, we will amuse ourselves by looking at the plants in Sowerby's British Botany, and Curtis's Botanical Magazine, where we shall find all |