| Down thorough the centuries, humanity has held roses | | | | floral studies in painting, the preliminary tradition of visual |
| as a sacred flower, holding for it a lofty position within | | | | art to take flight and garner a worldwide following. |
| societies around this planet. Even so, roses are much | | | | Even these days, paintings of roses remain quite |
| older than humanity as a whole. Surprisingly, fossil | | | | popular and very much sought after by the public. |
| examinations show that the rose has been in | | | | In legends, roses have been a widely used symbol, |
| existence for 35 million years. There are over one | | | | because of both the blossom and thorns. The flower |
| hundred and fifty separate species of rose and these | | | | has come to indicate virtue and attractiveness but the |
| are spread all throughout the Earth's Northern | | | | thorns were depicted to be the guards of this beauty. |
| Hemisphere. It is currently believed that these flowers | | | | In earlier times, women also employed parts of roses |
| were initially cultivated by those in China around five | | | | to make their menstrual period less painful and so |
| thousand years ago. The city of Rome is where the | | | | roses became a useful medicine in folk solutions, as |
| first gardens with roses were established and this city | | | | well. This is a important piece of the rose's prestige, it |
| is the location where they came to be tied in with the | | | | has had many meanings over time and has come to |
| nobles of the land. | | | | be a highly powerful representation of courting, too. |
| In the years to come, this flower would come to be a | | | | Naturally, once people discovered the joys of home |
| symbol for all forms of political struggles, even the | | | | gardens, roses had become a premiere flower to |
| 'War of the Roses' in early England. All through human | | | | choose. A lot of different types of roses were made |
| history, roses have continued to be quite sentimental to | | | | till there happened to be a rainbow of colors and many |
| individuals in high roles because of their highly attractive | | | | different appearances for choices. Presently, |
| appearance. Roses in the past were sought after and | | | | gardeners throughout the planet see roses to be the |
| fervently appreciated because they brought such a | | | | greatest flower to be raised since not just does it |
| sensitive and somehow solid addition of color and style | | | | smell sweet and have really beautiful blossoms, it will |
| to all the places where they were grown. In artwork, | | | | make a great gift for all occasions. This is why a lot of |
| these flowers became a frequent subject due to the | | | | people are partial to the rose and as you might see, |
| fact that they were considered one of the best loved | | | | without it human history would be much less beautiful. |