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Roses
Roses are available in several different grades. express your enchantment
with lilac roses. For happiness, choose pink roses, which connote grace,
gentleness and gratitude, and tell recipients they’re a joy to behold.
Roses are the ultimate romantic gesture. According to a saying from la
republique, white roses are for love, red roses are for passion, and yellow
roses are for friendship.
Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the
introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are
currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape,
size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which
is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling
the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the
word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and
India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose
Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in
Iran.
The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a
long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified
the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and
Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room
where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase
sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived
from this ancient Roman practice.
Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the
five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders
were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman
excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a
symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came
to be associated with the Virgin Mary.
I would like to sincerely
thank you for your assistance yesterday with
ordering some flowers for my sister in law in
Ringwood. She has now received the flowers and has
phoned to say how lovely they were. She was
overwhelmed when they arrived and is going to take a
photograph to show me when I next see her.
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