[Vwoolf] White Rose Leaves?

Mon Feb 21 17:23:48 EST 2022

some day I wish I could have a book of all the botanical references and I'd
like to have them as many as possible in my garden!!

Lorienne

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 11:52 AM Danell Jones via Vwoolf <
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> I am so glad that you are doing such an extensive catalogue of Woolf
> botanical references, Elisa! That is wonderful. Thank you so much.
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> Having recently surveyed 274 appearances of roses in Woolf's writing, I
> can confirm Stuart's explanation.  Woolf often uses "leaves" to refer to
> petals. It'sveryconfusingbut there are numerous examples where it is pretty
> clear she is referring to the flowers rather than the foliage.
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> On Feb 21, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Marie Claire Boisset via Vwoolf <
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> Agree with Stuart - had the exact same thought process.
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> And then also can't help read this as a micro haiku or poem of some sort,
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> where "leaves" would be a verb -
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> Stella (the white rose) leaves (= her marriage (had) meant she was
> leaving home),
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> maybe also the idea of her death together with that of her marriage (I did
> not verify the diary entry date etc.)
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> So maybe an underlying poetic meaning (not necessarily deliberate from W)
> that you might have sensed too if you asked?
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> But again - Go figure. 😉😊
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> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:47 PM Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <
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> Initially, I thought that it’s the old “black cab driver” problem.
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> However, one of the meanings of a “rose leaf” is the petal of a rose.  The
> other meaning is the leaf of a rose.  Go figure.
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> *From:* Danell Jones via Vwoolf
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> *Sent:* Sunday, February 20, 2022 8:56 PM
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> *Subject:* [Vwoolf] White Rose Leaves?
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> So, in her diary entry on “Stella & Jack’s Wedding Day,” Virginia writes,
> “White rose leaves from S’s bouquet.”
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> Apparently, white rose leaves were some kind of Victorian thing, but I
> don’t know what. Were these rose leaves painted white? Or simply the green
> leaves of white roses? Are they confections put in the bouquet?
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> I would appreciate any help you can offer.
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