What you infer about Miss strangeworth's character from the fact that she will not give away any of her roses?

Miss Adela is a selfish, eccentric and jealous old lady who want s to prevent the possibility of evil in her town. She never give away her roses In the fear what if the roses end up in the evil place?. We can also symbolize her characteristic with the roses, because she acts as sweet and beautiful like a rose but is also as painful like the thorns of the rose.