Culpeper (1653): “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. "

Culpeper, Nicholas. (1653). The London Dispensatory.

Rosa gallica L. Rosaceae Distribution: S & C Europe, Western Asia. Culpeper: “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. Notes: Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy.

Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. Link

Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy. The Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York can be seen in the Coade stone carvings on the wall in the College garden.

Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Link

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