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| Comfort Inns Collierville | | George Washington, our first President, was | | You can complain because roses have |
| Hampton Inn Collierville | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns |
| Bartlett Florist Listing | | | | have roses. |
| Cordova Florist Listing | | In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were | | |
| Germantown Florist Listing | | purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works | | Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it |
| Memphis Florist Listing | | out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 | | takes time - we haven't time - and to see |
| Olive Branch Florist Listing | | roses per person. | | takes time, like to have a friend takes time. |
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| | | Funerals: Funerals are an emotional time. It | | Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing |
| | | has been a long tradition to send flowers at | | people together, drawing them from their |
| | | the time of bereavement. White flowers are | | homes. |
| | | the most common, typically roses or lilies. | | |
| | | Pink or yellow roses are also fairly common. | | The cloning of humans is on most of the lists |
| | | Consult your local florists for more ideas. | | of things to worry about from Science, along |
| | | | | with behaviour control, genetic engineering, |
| | | The rose is the state flower selected by | | transplanted heads, computer poetry and the |
| | | Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and | | unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. |
| | | the District of Columbia. | | |
| | | | | Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we |
| | | Anniversaries: One of the most popular | | cannot flower and grow without it. |
| | | occasions to celebrate with flowers. A dozen | | |
| | | red roses in a vase is the classic anniversary | | For man, as for flower and beast and bird, |
| | | gift. Roses of mixed colors or multi colored | | the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, |
| | | mixed bouquets also do the trick. | | most perfectly alive. |
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| | | Lavender roses mean love at first sight. | | An idealist is one who, on noticing that a |
| | | | | rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes |
| | | The rose is the official National Floral | | that it will also make better soup. |
| | | emblem of the United States. This legislation | | |
| | | was signed into law by President Ronald | | He is happiest who hath power to gather |
| | | Reagan on October 7, 1986. | | wisdom from a flower. |
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| | | The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was | | It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make |
| | | left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, | | man better be; Or standing long an oak, |
| | | Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million | | three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, |
| | | years old. | | bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May |
| | | | | Although it fall and die that night, It was the |
| | | | | plant of flower and light, In small proportions |
| | | | | we just beauties see; And in short measures, |
| | | | | life may perfect be. |
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