SC - Rosee or Morree

[Stefan li Rous]

Ldy Diana exclaimed:
>     Yummmm! I will have to try it for myself sometime--my damask puts out a 
> ton of blooms that smell divine, but it is up at my folks house (No room for 
> it here) which means that I miss a good chunk of the blossoms. I usually just 
> dry the ones I do manage to gather for rose beads--another lovely use to put 
> them to, that is a bit longer lasting. 

For those who would like to use their surplus of rose petals, you might want
to consider making rose beads. I assume this works for those roses
conventional 
insecticides have been used on since you aren't eating them, too. There is
a lot of info and directions on making the beads and on rosaries in this
file in the RELIGION section of my Florilegium:
rosaries-msg      (48K)  1/17/00    Period rosaries and their use.
Making rose 
                                       beads.         
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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