White Rose
Description. The white rose tree grow 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 fragrant 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 collyriums, for sore inflamed eyes, being the only officinal preparation from them.