Quiz Question: August 27, 2011

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  1. Delly

    Delly In Flower

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    In Victorian times, what did the color of roses mean? (when given to someone?)
     
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    Well ..I believe yellow ones were for................................... 'the romance is over'
     
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    In Victorian times the colours of roses all had different meanings.

    For example: Send red roses to convey the message of your passionate love for that someone saying "I love you."


    Send deep pink roses to show your appreciation & gratitude saying "Thank you." Send light pink roses to convey admiration and sympathy.


    Yellow roses meant jealousy. But today, they signify friendship, joy, gladness and freedom, the promise of a new beginning.
    So send yellow roses to brighten up someone's day, to congratulate your friends and loved ones during Joyous occasions.


    White Roses. Spiritual love & Purity, the rose of confession, the bridal rose; "You are heavenly", "I am worthy of you."
    Commonly used as traditional bridal bouquet during weddings to symbolize a happy love. You can nevertheless use them to convey the message of "You are heavenly, I miss you."


    Send lavender roses of course, to convey the message of your "love at first sight" with that special someone. You can nevertheless also send them if you would like to make a special impression.


    Orange roses. An excellent choice for a new relationship that you wish to pursue further. It can nevertheless also be referring to a new business partnership.
     
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    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    During Victorian times flowers especially roses carried with them a secret language. Spoken in flower type, color, quantity and arrangement Victorian suiters and couples could with a bouquet of flowers express their feelings and emotions. This is but a fraction of the language of flowers, without going too much into the flower type, combinations and quantities:

    - ROSE (BRIDAL) - Happiness
    - ROSE (BURGANDY) - Unconscious Beauty
    - ROSE (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety
    - ROSE (CORAL) - Desire
    - ROSE (DAMASK) - Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love
    - ROSE (DARK CRIMSON) - Mourning
    - ROSE (DOG) - Pleasure & Pain
    - ROSE (GREEN) - I am from Mars
    - ROSE (HIBISCUS) - Delicate, Beauty
    - ROSE (LEAF) - You may Hope
    - ROSE (LAVENDER) - Enchantment
    - ROSE (ORANGE) - Fascination
    - ROSE (PINK) - Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness, Indecision
    - ROSE (DARK PINK) - Thankfulness
    - ROSE (PALE PINK) - Grace, Joy
    - ROSE (PEACH) - Immortality, Modesty
    - ROSE (RED) - Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty
    - ROSE (DEEP RED) - Bashful, Shame
    - ROSE (TEA) - I'll Remember - Always
    - ROSE (THORNLESS) - Love at first sight, Early Attachment
    - ROSE (WHITE) - Innocence, Purity, Humility, I am Worthy of You, Secrecy, Silence
    - ROSE (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) - Unity, Flower Emblem of England
    - ROSE (WHITE-DRIED) - Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue
    - ROSE (YELLOW) - Joy, Jealousy, Friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion)
    - ROSEBUD - Beauty & Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love
    - ROSEBUD (RED) - Pure & Lovely
    - ROSEBUD (WHITE) - Girlhood, Heart Ignorant of Love
    - ROSEBUD (MOSS) - Confessions of Love
    - ROSES (Bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude
    - ROSES (Single full bloom) - I truly love you, Simplicity.
    - ROSES (GARLAND or CROWN OF) - Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, Symbol of Superior Merit
    - ROSE (MUSK CLUSTER) - Charming

    Alas, the language is fancied mostly in memory, rarely in deed.

    Jerry
     
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