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I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some. (Herbert Rappaport)
Good taste is the flower of good sense. (A. Poincelot)
Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. (Georgia O'Keeffe)
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford)
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. (Mark A. Overby)
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. (H. L. Mencken)
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Birthday: There is no better way to say happy birthday than with roses in any color. Another great option is an assorted arrangement in a vase or basket combining flowers such as lilies, iris and tulips.
Funerals: Funerals are an emotional time. It has been a long tradition to send flowers at the time of bereavement. White flowers are the most common, typically roses or lilies. Pink or yellow roses are also fairly common. Consult your local florists for more ideas.
Anniversaries: One of the most popular occasions to celebrate with flowers. A dozen red roses in a vase is the classic anniversary gift. Roses of mixed colors or multi colored mixed bouquets also do the trick.
In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 roses per person.
Red roses of any hue say "I love you".
The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million years old.
White roses signify spiritual love and purity.
Bridal white means happy love.
The rose is native to the United States.
The rose is the state flower selected by Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and the District of Columbia.
Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.
Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and admiration.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
Three separate nationally conducted public opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found the rose to be the number-one choice of over 85% of those individuals surveyed.
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
Columbus discovered America because of a rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of the crewmen picked a rose branch from the water. This sign of land renewed their hope for survival and gave the seafarers the courage to continue on to the New World.
About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. are produced in California.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
Three separate nationally conducted public opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found the rose to be the number-one choice of over 85% of those individuals surveyed.
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
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