玫瑰物语

    In our life there is a single color,as on an artist's palette, whichprovides the meaning of lifeand art. It is the color of love.

    ——Marc Chagall

    The beautiful rose has always beenattributed with deeper meanings andused to deliver messages between loversand friends. This habit literally bloomedduring the strict Victorian era whenpassionate messages could be exchangedbetween lovers in the form of innocentlooking bouquets. The meaning of rosesturned into an advanced language andeven the most intricate message couldbe shaped into a floral arrangement. Notonly the color of the rose held meaning- other factors; such as the number ofroses, how fully blooming the roseswere, as well as whether the bunch ofblooming flowers was combined withrose buds, all communicated subtlemessages. The symbolic meaning ofroses do however stretch back muchlonger than the Victorian era and earlycivilizations such as the Romans usedflowers to communicate feelings. Themeaning of the number of roses has oftenbeen connected to the holy numbers inthe Bible, such as three, seven and twelve. ......