Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — How Rosewood Received Its Name. [ARTICLE]

How Rosewood Received Its Name.

Many people suppose that rosewood takes its name from its color, but this is a mistake. Bosewood is not red, nor yellow, but almost black. Its name comes from the fact that when first cut it exhales a perfume similar to that of a rose, and although the dried rosewood of commerce retains no traoe of this early perfume, the name lingers as a retto of the early history of the wood.