"There's a convention in town," she said, turned pink, and studied the wall behind my left shoulder, papered with huge Victorian cabbage roses.

She sees him in all the objects of her house: on the "rug with its border of cabbage roses.

Her motel is a battle cry against cabbage roses, throw pillows and hook rugs.

Starling blinked at the cabbage roses on the wall, took a breath and let it out.

On the other hand, how colorful could pale brown cabbage roses get?

Red splotches the size of cabbage roses had grown on his cheeks and jowls.

It had large cabbage roses on a green ground.

A squat vase of cabbage roses stood beside the lamp.

Gone are the classic cabbage roses, hearts and vines.

The wallpaper was all pink roses, big old-fashioned cabbage roses.