Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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The Gallica versicolor with striped petals has for centuries been known as Rosa mundi , and possibly may be connected with the twelfth century Fair Rosamund , whose name it commemorates . The Damask versicolor has an occasional red ...
The Gallica versicolor with striped petals has for centuries been known as Rosa mundi , and possibly may be connected with the twelfth century Fair Rosamund , whose name it commemorates . The Damask versicolor has an occasional red ...
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commonly known as “ The Apothecaries ' Rose " . ” Shakespeare mentions the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York at least thirty times . Nearly all the references to these roses are to be found in the scene in the Temple ...
commonly known as “ The Apothecaries ' Rose " . ” Shakespeare mentions the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York at least thirty times . Nearly all the references to these roses are to be found in the scene in the Temple ...
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To quote Leontes : “ There may be in the cup A spider steept , and one may drink , depart , And yet partake no venom , for his knowledge Is not infected : but if one present 1 Th'abhorr'd ingredient to his eye make known How he 189 ...
To quote Leontes : “ There may be in the cup A spider steept , and one may drink , depart , And yet partake no venom , for his knowledge Is not infected : but if one present 1 Th'abhorr'd ingredient to his eye make known How he 189 ...
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