FLOWERS AND HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE - FROM THE       

BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATION, PEOPLE HAVE CULTIVATED FLOWERSFOR THEIR SCENT AND COLOR..TODAYS GARDEN ROSES HAVE BEEN BRED FROM WILD ANCESTORS SO THAT THEY HAVE LARGER, MORE NUMEROUS, AND MORE COLORFUL PETALS, SWEETER SCENTS, AND A LONGER FLOWERING TIME. THE ART OF GARDENING IS CALLED  HORTICULTURE. PERFUME-
A FLOWER , SMELL ATTRACTS BUTTERFLIES, BEES, AND PEOPLE TOO. LILY OF THE VALLEY AND ROSE ARE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMES AND SOAPS.  ( LILY OF THE VALLEY FLOWERS HAVE A SWEET SCENT. THEIR LEAVES ARE ACENTED TOO.)     FONTE; THE RANDOM HOUSE ENCYCLOPEDIA

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