Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of …

Gerald Durrell
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Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias. ✨ Gerald Durrell (2006). My Family and Other Animals, p.203, Penguin UK
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Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias. ✨ Gerald Durrell (2006). My Family and Other Animals, p.203, Penguin UK

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