Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing roses blooming and fragrant, denotes that some joyful occasion is nearing, and you will…” Compare 5 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Roses · Heading 1739; source lines 19452–19472 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing roses blooming and fragrant, denotes that some joyful occasion is nearing, and you will possess the faithful love of your sweetheart.
For a young woman to dream of gathering roses, shows she will soon have an offer of marriage, which will be much to her liking.
Withered roses, signify the absence of loved ones.
White roses, if seen without sunshine or dew, denotes serious if not fatal illness.
To inhale their fragrance, brings unalloyed pleasure.
For a young woman to dream of banks of roses, and that she is gathering and tying them into bouquets, signifies that she will be made very happy by the offering of some person whom she regards very highly.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Rose · Heading 682; source line 4293 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of roses is a sign of troubles: the old saying that every rose has its thorn, is exemplified in such a dream, because every rose you see brings along a trouble: dreaming of white roses signifies a marriage which will bring much vexation.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Roses · Dream section, heading 434; source lines 1615–1617 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To the married, foretell the loss of their children. To the lover, infidelity in the sweetheart.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Rose · Dream section, heading 365; source lines 4743–4746 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
This is always a sign of good luck. White roses signify constancy; red, an offer of marriage.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Roses · Printed p. 250; NLM OCR lines 11747–11750 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
In season this is a dream of happiness; decayed, wilted, or out of season a dream of trouble and poverty (Gypsy).
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