My interest in roses, and maybe medicinal herbs in general, probably got started way back in my middle school years (this may sound unrelated to roses, but bear with me). I did a report on the famous scientist and supposed predictor of the future, Nostradamus. You may have heard of Nostradamus, and his famous book Les Propheties , which supposedly predicted future events. Why am I rambling on about Nostradamus? Because whether or not he predicted the future, he did indeed create something called a "rose pill," which was a lozenge he made using rose hips. These rose pills were used during the time of the plague , and helped many people, probably due to the high vitamin C content. I remember learning this as a kid, and finding it fascinating that something so simple as a rose plant could heal a case of the plague! Many years have passed since that middle school report, but still, I like to experiment with plants and herbs. We moved a couple years ago to a ...
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