PETALA HOSJE CENTIFOLLE 



2G1 



by ether. 



accompanied by quercitaimic 



(1867) 



The colouring matter which is so striking a constituent of the petals, 

 is according to Senier an acid^ which appears to form cry stall izable 

 salts with potassium and sodium.^ An infusion of the petals is pale 

 red, hut becomes immediately of a deep and brilliant crimson if we add 

 to it an acid, such as sulphuric, hydrochloric, acetic, oxalic, or tartaric 



An alkali changes the pale red, or the deep ' '' "~ ''^" "" '^ ^^'~ 



acidulated infusion, to bright green. 



case 



Uses — An 



petals, acidulated with sulphuric 



acid and slightly sweetened, is a very common and agreeable vehicle 

 for some other medicines. The cozifection made by beating up the 

 petals with sugar, is also in use. 



PETALA ROSiE CENTIFOLIiS:. 



Flores Roscb pallidce v. incarnatce ; Provence Rose, Cabbage Rose ; 



Centifol 



Botanical Origin 



centifol 



V - ^ ■^- — """^^^ ^^^^ grows in a wild 



state and with single flowers in the eastern part of the Caucasus.^ Cul- 

 tivated and with flowers more or less double, it is found under an infinity 

 of varieties in all the temperate regions of the globe. The particular 

 variety which is grown in England for medicinal use, is known in 

 English gardens as the Cabbage Rose, but other varieties are cultivated 

 for similar purposes on the Continent. 



R. centifolia L. is very closely allied to R. gallica L. ; though 

 Boissier maintains the two species, there are other botanists who regard 

 tnem as but one. The rose cultivated at Puteaux near Paris for 



dru 



■edoute, placed 

 damascena. 



called Rose de Puteaux, is the -Rosa bifi 



by De Candolle 



though 



doubtfully under R. 



History_We are unable to trace the history of the particular 



variety of rose under notice, 

 evident from its 



origm 



ers. 



occu.rrence chiefly in old gardens. The Rosa paUida 

 glish writers on drugs ^ was called Damask Rose, but 

 that name is now applied at Mitcham to Rosa gallica L., which has 

 ^'ery deep-coloured flow 



Production— The Cabba<^e Rose is cultivated in England to a very 

 '^i^nall extent, rose water, which is made from its flowers, being prociir- 

 ?We of better quality and at a lower cost in other countries, especially 

 "1 the south of France. " "' ---- i^« <i ^^^^^ 



Mitcham 



^ave long been supplied, there are now (1873) 

 planted with this rose, but a supply is also deri 



3) only about 8 acres 



derived from the market 



Hammersmith 



Pescription— The Cabbage Rose is supplied to the druggists in the 

 ^'^esh state, full blown, and picked off close below the calyx. A complete 



m,J-°r ^^ P^MVm. 1877. G3 ; also 



21 .p ^^.'{ourn. de. Pharm. xxxviir. (18G0) 



' ^"lelm, Ohemistrrj, xvi. (18G4) 522. 



s Boissier, Flora Orientals, ii. (1872)676, 

 ' As Dale, Pharmacologla, 1693. 416. 



