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The problem: a rose plays a prominent role in a write. How does one describe a rose if one isn't much of a gardener?
As I myself have a "black thumb", I decided to read up on rose varieties, and here's what I found:
Famous quotes:
General information on roses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose
Top ten tea roses: http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/tp/HybridTea.htm
Top ten fragrant roses: http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/tp/FragrantRoses.htm
Romantic Roses: http://marriage.about.com/od/flowers/a/romanticroses.htm
Rose Colour Meanings: http://landscaping.about.com/cs/rosebushes/a/rose_colors.htm
As I myself have a "black thumb", I decided to read up on rose varieties, and here's what I found:
Famous quotes:
What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. - James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. – Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.
for more quotes, go to http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/rose/ or to http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/rose.html
and don't forget the Rose of Sharon ...
General information on roses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose
Top ten tea roses: http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/tp/HybridTea.htm
Top ten fragrant roses: http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/tp/FragrantRoses.htm
Romantic Roses: http://marriage.about.com/od/flowers/a/romanticroses.htm
Rose Colour Meanings: http://landscaping.about.com/cs/rosebushes/a/rose_colors.htm