The Rose In Ancient

The Rose is Ancient.

Every continent on the globe, with the exception of Australia, produces wild roses. There can be little doubt that the rose Is one of the earth's oldest flowers. In Egypt it is depicted on a number of very early monuments, believed to date from 3000 to 3500 B. C. Rosewater, or the essence of roses, is mentioned by Homer in the "Iliad," and the allusion made to the flower in the Proverbs of Solomon indicates that it had already been long known.