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| | | Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and | | If the day and the night are such that you |
| | | admiration. | | greet them with with joy, and life emits a |
| | | | | fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented |
| | | George Washington, our first President, was | | herbs, more elastic, more starry, more |
| | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | immortal--that is your success. |
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| | | Three separate nationally conducted public | | Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing |
| | | opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found | | people together, drawing them from their |
| | | the rose to be the number-one choice of over | | homes. |
| | | 85% of those individuals surveyed. | | |
| | | | | The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers |
| | | The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was | | carry on dialogues with him through the |
| | | left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, | | graceful bending of their stems and the |
| | | Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million | | harmoniously tinted nuances of their |
| | | years old. | | blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word |
| | | | | which nature directs towards him. |
| | | About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. | | |
| | | are produced in California. | | Flowers are the sweetest things God ever |
| | | | | made and forgot to put a soul into. |
| | | Bridal white means happy love. | | |
| | | | | Good taste is the flower of good sense. |
| | | Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, | | |
| | | pale-colored roses signify friendship. | | It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make |
| | | | | man better be; Or standing long an oak, |
| | | In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were | | three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, |
| | | purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works | | bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May |
| | | out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 | | Although it fall and die that night, It was the |
| | | roses per person. | | plant of flower and light, In small proportions |
| | | | | we just beauties see; And in short measures, |
| | | Coral roses imply desire. | | life may perfect be. |
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| | | There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse | | What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to |
| | | dedicated to the production of fresh-cut | | humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; |
| | | roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse | | but, scattered along life's pathway, the good |
| | | rose production in the U.S. is valued at about | | they do is inconceivable. |
| | | one million dollars, which includes the value | | |
| | | of the plants, greenhouse structure and land. | | |
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