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He calls her Rose of May because after he says that, he says that she is a Dear maiden, kind sister, and calls her Sweet Ophelia.

EDIT: Roses symbolize beauty and May/springtime symbolizes youthfulness. Leartes may also be suggesting that Ophelia has "bloomed" or hit her greatest point in life already, from this point on her petals will continue to fall off one by one which may mean her life will only continue to get worse and worse.

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