grew it in his London garden, though "the floure did not show
itselfe by reason of the injurie of our unseasonable yeare 1596." It is
a native of Africa, and was soon transferred to Europe as a nourishing
and wholesome grain, especially for invalids--"sume hoc ptisanarium
oryzae," says the doctor to his patient in Horace, and it is mentioned
both by Dioscorides and Theophrastus. It has been occasionally grown in
England as a curiosity, but seldom comes to any perfection out-of-doors,
as it requires a mixture of moisture and heat that we cannot easily give
it. There are said to be species in the North of China growing in dry
places, which would perhaps be hardy in England and easier of
cultivation, but I am not aware that they have ever been introduced.

FOOTNOTES:

[242:1] In 1468 the price of rice was 3d. a pound = 3s. of our money
("Babee's Book," xxx.).

[242:2] "Names of Herbes," s.v. Oryza.

ROSES.

(1) _Titania._

Some to kill cankers in the Musk-rose buds.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc. 3 (3).

(2) _Titania._

And stick Musk-Roses in thy sleek, smooth head.

_Ibid._, act iv, sc. 1 (3).

(3) _Julia._

The air hath starved the Roses in her cheeks.

_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, act iv, sc. 4 (159).

(4) _Song._

There will we make our beds of Roses
And a thousand fragrant posies.

_Merry Wives of Windsor_, act iii, sc. 1 (19).

(5) _Autolycus._

Gloves as sweet as Damask Roses.

_Winter's Tale_, act iv, sc. 3 (222).

(6) _Olivia._

Caesario, by the Roses of the spring,
By maidhood, honour, truth, and everything,
I love thee so.

_Twelfth Night_, act iii, sc. 1 (161).

(7) _Diana._

When you have our Roses,
You barely leave us thorns to prick ourselves
And mock us with our bareness.

_All's Well that Ends Well_, act iv, sc. 2 (18).

(8) _Lord._

Let one attend him with a silver basin
Full of Rose-water and bestrew'd with flowers.

_Taming of the Shrew_, Induction, sc. 1 (55).

(9) _Petruchio._

I'll say she looks as clear
As morning Roses newly wash'd with dew.

_Ibid._, act ii, sc.