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...You are driving alone in a car on a wild, stormy night, it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see 3 peoples waiting for a bus: 1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die 2. An old friend who once saved your life 3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about. Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car? You could pick up the old lady to save her life. You could pick up your old friend who once saved your life and it's the best time to pay him back. However you may not be able to find your perfect mate again !!!. ...
Lily was dedicated to Greek goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus. Legend has it that when Zeus fathered Hercules with the mortal woman Alceme, he wished his son to portake more fully of divinity. To attain this, he had the baby brought to Hera after he drugged her to sleep. Then he placed the baby at her breast and Hercules nursed. Hera awoke in horrified surprise and flung the baby from her. Some of her milk gushed across the heavens and formed the Milkyway (and hence derived or used the term 'milkyway'). A few drops fell to earth and from those drops sprang the first Lilies. ......
1 flower - You are my everything. 2 flowers - Let us go away. 3 flowers - I would like to see you again. 4 flowers - I look up to you. 5 flowers - I do anything for you. 6 flowers - I do not trust you. 7 flowers - I love you. 8 flowers - I am yours forever. 9 flowers - I want to be alone with you. 10 flowers - I want to marry you. ...
White flower - I believe in your purity and virginity. Yellow flower - You are the sunshine in my life. Orange flower - I am your faithful friend. Pink flower - I am in love with you. Red flower - I count the days until we meet again. Dark red flower - I miss you so... Purple flower - I wish you all success and luck in life. Blue flower - I want to stay by your side. Blue, Red, and White flowers - I want to marry you. ....
An estimated 1.2 billion cut Roses are purchased in U.S.A. every year. That's around 4.8 roses for every man, woman and child!!! Valentine's day is the time of year when the most roses are sold, and Mother's day is a very distant second. On February 14th' an annual estimation of 1.3 million roses are bought. The sale of roses themselves accounts for almost 40% of Valentines day gift sales overall. .....
The Netherlands is the world's leading exporter of Roses. The Netherlands, with about 8000 hectares of land under rose cultivation, is the global leader in rose cultivation. 54 per cent (about 5000 hectares) of the cultivated land in Ecuador is under rose cultivation!! Zambia, a small nation, had 80 per cent of its cultivated land under Roses. ....
True Black Roses and true Blue Roses do not exist in nature. There are some of such a deep red color as to suggest black and Blue Roses are made by dying the White Roses. Recently, a variety of Blue Roses have been produced in Japan. ......
The English were already cultivating and hybridizing Roses in the 15th century when the English War of Roses took place. The winner of the war, Tudor Henry VII, created the Rose of England(Tudor Rose) by crossbreeding other roses. ....
Ancient Sumerians of Mesoptamia (in the Tigrates-Euphrates River Valley) mentioned Roses in a cuneiform tablet (a system of writing) written in approximately 2860BC. ........
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