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Flowers are an important gift item in modern society. They are suitable as gifts on a variety of occasions- Birthday, Graduation Day, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, to name a few. One thing that is worth keeping in mind while presenting or receiving flowers as gifts is the meanings associated with different flowers. These meanings came to be conventionally accepted and seem to vary from culture to culture. In the western culture, there are some standard meanings associated with different flowers. The convention of associating meanings with flowers has been systematized and is now talked of as the language of flowers.

The reason for preferring flowers to convey a message rather than use words is very simple. This way, the communication of the idea becomes more beautiful and subtle. The visual effect seems to make the experience of giving and receiving gifts stick to memory in a more effective way than a mere stream of words.



Flowers in the News

Flowers trial starts today (Kerrville Daily Times)
Jury selection begins today for the trial of John Brendan Flowers, 19, accused of multiple counts of sexual assault and indecency charges against three underage victims.

Flowers could add $600K to interceptor cost (The Herald-Palladium)
ST. JOSEPH - Two flowers listed as "state-threatened" may cause the bill for repairing the Hickory Creek sewer interceptor line to go up another $600,000 from its $8 million estimated cost.

Eddie Winslow Serves Superhead Their Divorce Papers By Way Of Flowers (Bossip)
After an almost year-long marriage Darius McCrary and Karrine Steffans decided to split. In a gesture to smooth things over Darius served Superhead the divorce papers with a bouquet of flowers. Karrine wasn’t too impressed. Pop the top for the details. Despite really caring for Karrine, Darius says the two weren’t compatible and they don’t get [...]

Parly flowers cost £7,500 (Edinburgh Evening News)
SCOTTISH Parliament bosses have spent more than £7,500 on flowers and plants in the past three years, new figures reveal.

Flowers with a Famous Touch (NBC Los Angeles)
You like flowers. In your house. But are you just throwing a bunch of stems in a vase? Tsk.

Upstate WR Flowers eyed by Longhorns (The Post and Courier)
Texas is already edging up towards 20 commitments for the 2011 class, and the Longhorns apparently would take wide receiver Hakeem Flowers (6-3, 189) of Greenville's Wade Hampton High if he wanted to commit.

In British hospitals, come visit your family, but don't sit on the bed and don't bring flowers (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LONDON - Britons trying to cheer up their hospitalized friends and relatives often have to do so standing up; sitting on the bed usually isn't allowed.

Jack Tweed lays flowers on Jade Goody's grave in Mother's Day tribute (Daily Mirror)
Jack Tweed yesterday lays flowers at Jade Goody's grave in a Mother's Day tribute.

Keep Easter Lilies Away from Cats; Plants and Flowers Can be Hazardous to Both Cats and Dogs (Kansas City InfoZine)
If the Easter Bunny happens to leave an Easter lily in your basket this year, make sure to keep it away from your cat, according to a Kansas State University veterinarian.

Harsh winter delays spring blooms (BBC News)
It looks more like January than March as spring flowers bloom much later than expected, say researchers.