HERB - Old roses, was cordials

Katherine Blackthorne kblackthorne at midtown.net
Wed Jul 14 19:52:20 PDT 1999


Remember, roses, raspberries, and blackberries are all closly related
members of the same family.  (This bit of knowledge helped explain why
roses with poor perfume always smelled like raspberries to me.)  So while
we all know that the original roses were 5 petaled, and have all seen the
painting of the Tudor rose, we can also use the humble raspberry flower for
comparison.

Most modern roses are not only hybrids, but grafted as well.

It's always made me wonder what would come up from the root stock (a thing
I've always been told must *never* be allowed to happen).  A friend of mine
in a recently-purchaced Victiorian home had one of her rose bushes try to
send up from the root stock and immediately got rid of the growth.  I was
so disappointed....
("But it's an exPEEERiment!")


>IIRC, I've read in several places that in period the rose was a very
>different species.  Something similar to what we refer to as the wild rose.
>The rose of today is a hybrid, all of them.
>There are some suppliers who carry what is commonly referred to as hairloom
>roses.  These only date back to the 1800's though.  They might be worth
>investigating as well, as they are much more fragrant than many of today's
>(potpourri).
>--- Original Message -----
>From: Jenne Heise <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
>To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 5:09 AM
>Subject: Re: HERB - cordials
>
>
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Lynette K LaFontaine wrote:
>>
>> > remember what we call roses today are not anything like those that
>existed
>> > then.  The original rose might be worth investigating
>>
>> Which 'original rose' are you referring to?
>>
>> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa (Shire of Eisental), mka Jennifer Heise
>> jenne at tulgey.browser.net
>> "in verbis et in herbis, et in lapidibus sunt virtutes"
>> (In words, and in plants, and in stones, there is power.)
>>
>>
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