The Meaning And History Of Roses.
Roses are a very popular choice of flower for gifts around the world. For centuries they have been a symbol of beauty, love, politics and war. The number and colour of roses given as gifts can carry very symbolic meanings.
An old wives tale tells of how once all roses were white in colour until one night a nightingale fell in love with the beauty of a rose and sang a beautiful song about it. After finishing his song he pressed the thorn filled rose to his chest where it pierced his heart and the rose was forever stained red.
Roses are thought to have originated in Northern Persia, on the Caspian, or Faristan regions of the Gulf of Persia. The oldest Rose fossils have been found in Colorado, dating back to more than 35 million years ago. Roses were considered sacred flowers in ancient Egypt and were used as offerings to the Goddess Isis. Roses have also been found in Egyptian tombs, where they were formed into funeral wreaths. Confucius reported that the Imperial Chinese library had many books on Roses. Ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia mentioned Roses in a cuneiform tablet, written in approximately 2860 BC. The English were 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.
On Valentine’s Day rose bouquets are given as gifts across the world as they are considered as one of the most beautiful flowers. Roses can be made into arrangements for weddings and anniversaries and can have very symbolic meanings. For example red roses symbolise deep emotions especially love, white roses are used as a symbol of humility and sympathy, while yellow roses are a symbol of friendship. A true black rose does not yet exist however there are a few varieties that are so deep red in colour they almost look black.
The world’s largest exporter of roses is the Netherlands with approximately 8000 hectares of land being used for the growing of roses. In the Zambia approximately 80 per cent of the land is given over to the cultivation of roses with Ecuador being the next biggest land user for growing of roses at 54 per cent.
If you would like to find more roses go to the Interflora website where you can see many more yellow roses.
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Filed under Relationships by on Jul 18th, 2010. 