ROSES THAT DRANK BEEF TEA.
All travoliers ngreo that there are nowhere else roses so magnifioent as those that cover the garden wall of the old Roman palaoe in the Via Sistlnl, whore lived the epicure Luoullus.
Borne is a city of roses. They run riot ; but those of the old palace have becoino celebrated. Their odour ia passionate Id its intensity. Thoir form, their every petal, the way thoy haDR upon thoir stems is picture-like. The colour in some Is dcop crimson, almost black at the heart, In others it it oameopink, changing to rich cream tints at the centre ; others are the bright yellow that
mellows Into gold ; others are the white that is like melted moonlight in the petal oup. My house overlooked the palace garden, and I had frequently asked myaelf : " What lus produced theße superb roaes?" One day I saw the gardener watering them carefully at the roots with a dear, dark liquid. I was sure that this was the feeding that had to do with the secret of their wonderful beauty.
On investigation I learned that the wealth of odour and colouring waa the result of animal food. That mysterious libation which I had seen poured at their roots was strong beef tea, made from fresh cu'.s of beef and strained. The old gardener himself invented the idea.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10017, 15 June 1895, Page 5
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224ROSES THAT DRANK BEEF TEA. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10017, 15 June 1895, Page 5
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