ROSE. | NATURAL HISTORY 261 
whose duty it is to put it into the oven wants to put it 
in he wiil not be able to do so, but it will fly out. 
Albertus Magnus, “Of the Wonders of the World.” 
Rose. 
Amonc all flowers of the world, the flower of the Rose 
is chief, and beareth the price. And therefore oft the chief 
part of man, the head, is crowned with flowers of Roses. 
Of green Roses aqua rosacea [rose-water]| is made by seething 
of fire, or of the sun, and this water is good in ointment 
for ladies, for it cleanseth away webs and foul specks of 
the face, and maketh the skin thin and subtle. Powder of 
dry Roses comforteth wagging teeth that be in point to fall. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvii. § 136. 
Doponevus writeth of ten kind of Roses, among the 
which the Eglantine Rose, and Musk‘ Rose, yellow and 
white. There is one Rose growing in England is worth 
all these Rosa sine spina [by which he seems to mean 
Queen Elizabeth, and he breaks off into a discourse to the 
- other flowers on self-indulgence, pillage of the. clergy, op- 
pression of the poor, etc. ]. 
Batman’s addition to Bartholomew, loc. cit. 
[Gerard (‘‘ Herbal,” s.v.) describes the following sorts of Roses: 
the White, the Red, the Provence or Damask, the Rose with- 
out prickles, the Holland or Provence, the Single and Double 
Musk-Rose, the Great Musk-Rose, the Velvet, the Yellow,’ the 
Double Yellow, the Double and Single Cinnamon. Of wild 
Roses: the Eglantine or Sweetbriar, the Double Eglantine, the 
Briar or Hip-tree, and the Pimpernell or Burnet. He saith 
further that “ the distilled water of Roses being put into junketting 
dishes, cakes, sauces and many other pleasant things giveth a 
fine and delectable taste. The making of the crude or raw 
conserve is very well known, as also sugar roset, and divers 
other pretty things made of sugar and Roses, which are imperti- 
nent unto our history, because I intend neither to make thereof 
an apothecary’s shop, nor a sugar-baker’s storehouse, leaving 
the rest for our cunning confectioners.” 
Rose-water was used to wash in (‘Taming of the Shrew,” 
Induction, 1, 57), and to mix with wine. “A cheater meeting 
