CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

WHITE ROSE

Description. The white rose tree grows taller than most other kind of roses, having fewer prickles on the branches, and those pretty large; the leaves are of a dark green colour; the flowers are white and more double or fuller of leaves than the damask or red, having a less gragrant scent than either of them.

Government and virtues. This is under the Moon. the flowers only are used, being drying, binding, and cooling; and the water distilled from them is much used in collytiums for sore inflamed eyes, being the only officinal preparation for them.