| | |
| |
|
| Best Western Johnston | | Lavender roses mean love at first sight. | | What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to |
| Ramada Johnston | | | | humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; |
| Des Moines Florist Listing | | Birthday: There is no better way to say | | but, scattered along life's pathway, the good |
| Urbandale Florist Listing | | happy birthday than with roses in any color. | | they do is inconceivable. |
| West Des Moines Florist Listing | | Another great option is an assorted | | |
| | | arrangement in a vase or basket combining | | What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
| | | flowers such as lilies, iris and tulips. | | By any other name would smell as sweet. |
| | | | | |
| | | Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, | | Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning |
| | | pale-colored roses signify friendship. | | can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - |
| | | | | like writing a poem, or saying a prayer. |
| | | George Washington, our first President, was | | |
| | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and |
| | | | | calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. |
| | | Funerals: Funerals are an emotional time. It | | |
| | | has been a long tradition to send flowers at | | Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. |
| | | the time of bereavement. White flowers are | | |
| | | the most common, typically roses or lilies. | | It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make |
| | | Pink or yellow roses are also fairly common. | | man better be; Or standing long an oak, |
| | | Consult your local florists for more ideas. | | three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, |
| | | | | bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May |
| | | Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and | | Although it fall and die that night, It was the |
| | | admiration. | | plant of flower and light, In small proportions |
| | | | | we just beauties see; And in short measures, |
| | | Three separate nationally conducted public | | life may perfect be. |
| | | opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found | | |
| | | the rose to be the number-one choice of over | | Just living is not enough, said the Butterfly. |
| | | 85% of those individuals surveyed. | | One must have sunshine, freedom, and a |
| | | | | little flower. |
| | | Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; | | |
| | | historically, they meant a decrease of love | | An idealist is one who, on noticing that a |
| | | and infidelity. | | rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes |
| | | | | that it will also make better soup. |
| | | White roses signify spiritual love and purity. | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
