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| Days Inn Northglenn | | In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were | | I hope that while so many people are out |
| Ramada Northglenn | | purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works | | smelling the flowers, someone is taking the |
| Broomfield Florist Listing | | out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 | | time to plant some. |
| Denver Florist Listing | | roses per person. | | |
| Thornton Florist Listing | | | | Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it |
| Westminster Florist Listing | | The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was | | takes time - we haven't time - and to see |
| | | left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, | | takes time, like to have a friend takes time. |
| | | Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million | | |
| | | years old. | | A cynic is a man who, when he smells |
| | | | | flowers, looks around for a coffin. |
| | | White roses signify spiritual love and purity. | | |
| | | | | Some people get angry because God put |
| | | Coral roses imply desire. | | thorns on roses, while others praise him for |
| | | | | putting roses among thorns. |
| | | The rose is the official National Floral | | |
| | | emblem of the United States. This legislation | | In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the |
| | | was signed into law by President Ronald | | sweetness of the rose depends upon the |
| | | Reagan on October 7, 1986. | | name it bears. Things are not only what they |
| | | | | are. They are, in very important respects, |
| | | There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse | | what they seem to be. |
| | | dedicated to the production of fresh-cut | | |
| | | roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse | | A thorn defends the rose, harming only those |
| | | rose production in the U.S. is valued at about | | who would steal the blossom. |
| | | one million dollars, which includes the value | | |
| | | of the plants, greenhouse structure and land. | | What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to |
| | | | | humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; |
| | | Columbus discovered America because of a | | but, scattered along life's pathway, the good |
| | | rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, | | they do is inconceivable. |
| | | while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of | | |
| | | the crewmen picked a rose branch from the | | This bud of love, by summer's ripening |
| | | water. This sign of land renewed their hope | | breath, May prove a beauteous flower when |
| | | for survival and gave the seafarers the | | next we meet. |
| | | courage to continue on to the New World. | | |
| | | | | The cloning of humans is on most of the lists |
| | | | | of things to worry about from Science, along |
| | | | | with behaviour control, genetic engineering, |
| | | | | transplanted heads, computer poetry and the |
| | | | | unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. |
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