SC - Manual de Mujeres #63,77-80
Elaine Koogler
ekoogler at chesapeake.net
Tue Jun 27 05:35:36 PDT 2000
Actually, we have a multitude of wild roses growing on our property...and they
are all white. They are very small blossoms, maybe an inch and a half across at
most, with a lovely yellow center. They grow on long canes, and are often
mistaken for blackberry bushes.
Kiri
Dana Huffman wrote:
> 1: The Real Academia's 1734 dictionary describes this as a
> "small white rose with a musk scent, a kind of bramble".
> My recent edition of Maria Moliner gives the scientific
> name Kerria japonica for this plant, but it also listed
> "mosqueta silvestre" as wild or dog rose. Kerria japonica
> sounds like it might not be native to Europe, so I'm
> inclined to think this is wild rose, except the only wild
> roses I've ever met are pink.
>
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