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| Comfort Inns Rockland | | Columbus discovered America because of a | | A thorn defends the rose, harming only those |
| Holiday Inn Express Rock | | rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, | | who would steal the blossom. |
| Radisson Rockland | | while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of | | |
| Brockton Florist Listing | | the crewmen picked a rose branch from the | | What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to |
| Quincy Florist Listing | | water. This sign of land renewed their hope | | humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; |
| | | for survival and gave the seafarers the | | but, scattered along life's pathway, the good |
| | | courage to continue on to the New World. | | they do is inconceivable. |
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| | | Anniversaries: One of the most popular | | He is happiest who hath power to gather |
| | | occasions to celebrate with flowers. A dozen | | wisdom from a flower. |
| | | red roses in a vase is the classic anniversary | | |
| | | gift. Roses of mixed colors or multi colored | | To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a |
| | | mixed bouquets also do the trick. | | Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the |
| | | | | palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. |
| | | The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was | | |
| | | left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, | | For man, as for flower and beast and bird, |
| | | Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million | | the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, |
| | | years old. | | most perfectly alive. |
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| | | George Washington, our first President, was | | Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning |
| | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - |
| | | | | like writing a poem, or saying a prayer. |
| | | The rose is native to the United States. | | |
| | | | | A cynic is a man who, when he smells |
| | | Three separate nationally conducted public | | flowers, looks around for a coffin. |
| | | opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found | | |
| | | the rose to be the number-one choice of over | | What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
| | | 85% of those individuals surveyed. | | By any other name would smell as sweet. |
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| | | Orange say "I am fascinated and | | Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we |
| | | enthusiastic". | | cannot flower and grow without it. |
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| | | Coral roses imply desire. | | Just living is not enough, said the Butterfly. |
| | | | | One must have sunshine, freedom, and a |
| | | | | little flower. |
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