Origins. A wild youth ; Aphrodite's flower ; Rome's frenzy ; Of travels and trade -- The symbolic rose. The virgin's bower ; Sex and sorcery ; Secrets of the rosy cross -- Europe's old roses. Elizabeth's briar ; Dutch masters ; Memories of Malmaison -- Roses of East and West. Chinese whispers ; The Prophet's rose ; American beauties -- The useful rose. A cure for divers ills ; The housewife's friend ; Heaven's scent -- Modern times. Rose manis ; Into the rose garden ; The language of flowers ; Why the rose?