Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 48.

Origin of the Colour and Fragrance of the Rose. By Dr. Booker

Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Botany, Sex, Gender, Christianity


    The anecdote recounts Booker's humorous poetical explanation of the origin of scented and coloured roses, which relates them to the primeval flower's reaction to the kiss of Eve.



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