ROSES ALL THE WAY.- East of Kalofer, the Sredna Gora Mountains turn aside from the Balkans, forming a wide plain-the Valley of Roses. In the spring the air is perfumed by the rose gardens spread out on the slopes of the Stara-Planina. It is the centre of the trade in Attar of Roses, and has acquired a world-wide reputation thereby. This trade has gone on for many years for we find mention of it as far back as the 17th century
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21575, 10 February 1940, Page 10
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81ROSES ALL THE WAY.- East of Kalofer, the Sredna Gora Mountains turn aside from the Balkans, forming a wide plain-the Valley of Roses. In the spring the air is perfumed by the rose gardens spread out on the slopes of the Stara-Planina. It is the centre of the trade in Attar of Roses, and has acquired a world-wide reputation thereby. This trade has gone on for many years for we find mention of it as far back as the 17th century Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21575, 10 February 1940, Page 10
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