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Famous Quotes:
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. (Thich Nhat Hanh)


If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success. (Henry David Thoreau)


Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. (Jess Lair)


The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. (Auguste Rodin)


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)


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


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


This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. (William Shakespeare)


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  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • Orange say "I am fascinated and enthusiastic".
  • Bridal white means happy love.
  • 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.
  • Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
  • Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, pale-colored roses signify friendship.
  • 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.
  • Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and admiration.
  • The rose is native to the United States.
  • 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.
  • Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.
  • 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.
  • Lavender roses mean love at first sight.


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