Princess rose
Cleopatra liked them strewn in her path. Poets have waxed lyrical about them. They have been used for perfume, given in love, and have been around, it is said, since the third millenium B.C. There is probably nothing as elegant as the rose. "Rhodes,” the name of the Greek island, means “rose.”
Nero is said to have lain on pillows stuffed with rose petals. It has symbolised holiness and love, it has flavoured water and been used to cure ills and as an ingredient for cosmetics.
The fruit of the plant, rose hips, is most beneficial as a source of Vitamin C.
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Press, 30 September 1986, Page 14
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