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Famous Quotes:

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. (Hubert H. Humphrey)

Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. (Clare Ansberry)

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. (Lewis Thomas)

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. (David H. Lawrence)

Some people get angry because God put thorns on roses, while others praise him for putting roses among thorns. (Anonymous)

The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. (Heda Bejar)

To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. (William Blake)

God gave us memory that we might have roses in December. (James M. Barrie)

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. (H. L. Mencken)

Jamaica Florists - Local Resource(s):

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.

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.

Lavender roses mean love at first sight.

Bridal white means happy love.

Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and admiration.

The rose is the official National Floral emblem of the United States. This legislation was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1986.

The rose is native to the United States.

Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.

George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.

Red roses of any hue say "I love you".

Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, pale-colored roses signify friendship.

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.

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.

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.

Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.

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.