Custom to give flowers is always gallantly and romantically. For timid or diffident to present the bouquet is a most simple way to tell about the feelings.
The hobby for colors goes back to an extreme antiquity. Sacred groves of Ancient Greece were studded with roses, carnations, narcissuses, lilies and daisies. Gardeners of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia within all year raised roses, lilies of the valley, poppies. A rank of the oldest among cultivate the person of colors a rose deserve. They grew 5000 more years back in gardens in the East.
Under the legend the Aphrodite, the goddess of love, flared passion to the beautiful and charming Adonis. She was with him about last day, about that minute when during hunting canines wounded an animal were stuck into a body of the Adonis. The Aphrodite could not leave without a trace and memory the most enthusiastic love. On a tomb of the Adonis the flower of invisible beauty, gentle, languid and passionate also has grown. His name on the majority languages of the world sounds equally - the ROSE. What was a source of an origin of a rose, this flower, undoubtedly, is the most known symbol of beauty and love.
If colors to admire, inhale their aroma to talk to them they transfer you a part of the vital force. It is considered, that to each mark of the Zodiac there corresponds the flower. For example: a Scorpion - narcissus, Sagittarius - a lavender, a violet, a jasmin; Capricorn - a poppy, a ginseng.
Each flower has the assignment and the latent sense. Language of colors can be not less expressive and clear, than words, gestures and sights. The symbolics of colors varies in the different countries, and it can be same not clear, as foreign speech: at many peoples a mark of love - a rose; at Englishmen - forget-me-not, at Chinese - a peony.
Bouquet. The style made by its everyone: round and flat, huge and small, from homogeneous and different colors. Drawing up of a bouquet - the whole science, and, faster, even art.
Some like to give bouquets, others present one flower. The Arabian proverb says: "It is better to give loved each day on a flower, than at once all flowers in one bouquet". But it - already your business. Only do not overlook, that if you were going to present one flower it should be large on the size. So it is possible to give a rose, a carnation, the big chrysanthemum, a lily, gladiolus.
Experts on female psychology, the French came to a conclusion what to present flowers with sense it is possible if to take into account age, a social status and an occasion on which present a bouquet.
To the unsophisticated girl at a meeting give semienclosed fragrant flowers - pink or yellow buds of roses, red carnations, lilies of the valley, white chrysanthemums etc.; to the young woman - magnificently blossoming red roses, gladiolus, tulips, carnations of gentle shades, chrysanthemums, dahlias; elderly - elegant, not too bright flowers of light tones (including blossoming pot - hydrangea, cyclamens, rhododendrons).
In the best way the bouquets made of colors of one kind look. On appointments it is better to bring modest nosegay violets, gillyflowers, cornflowers, camomiles, daisies. It is not necessary to drag a bouquet huge gladiolus (it you present to any solemn occasion). But do not forget the most important - a bouquet present colors upwards, rather the reverse. Never give the withered colors, and that the woman can understand it as the certain hint.
For betrothal choose the refined pale yellow roses, white and pink carnations, herberes various shades. During visit of the groom to the house of the bride it is necessary to have two bouquets: for mother - from the dismissed "strict" colors - callas, lilies, chrysanthemums, for the bride - from not too far opened buds.
At birth of the child to his mother present flowers of pink or red tone (for example, roses, carnations) if the girl was born, and dark blue, blue or violet (for example, violets, forget-me-nots, anemones), if the boy. At birth of twins present two identical bouquets.
For any bouquet the psychological implication of visually perceived common color scale is extremely important: prevalence of a red tonality creates solemn, cheerful mood; white sensation of freshness and cleanliness; orange and yellow - heats and light; blue - confidence.
Everyone know, that a rose - a symbol of love and beauty. And whether you know that color of roses too is very important. And other flowers can tell very much.
In language of colors the symbolics of paints is very important. So, red and white roses in one bouquet mean unity, pink grace and elegance, and yellow - pleasure or pleasure of dialogue mean. To express the feelings of desire it is possible with the help of orange or coral roses. Dark red or claret will tell your to loved that she is madly beautiful. Pink roses mean hope and tenderness. Present a bouquet from pink color the sensitive person can, romantic which it is very touching and gentle to you concerns. The single rose means modesty, and is good in addition for a gift. Choosing violet color is deeply and is thin feeling person who is guided by eternal values and very seriously concerns to the environment, in this case to you. Fresh orange tone symbolizes the optimistical relation to the validity, a mark of attachment and passionate desires. Yellow color too is good for expression of rough feelings. Scarlet flowers speak about ardent both deep feeling and passionate desire. White flowers - paints of cleanliness and innocence - the bright proof of tender feelings, respect and passionate attachment which has for you your beloved.
Some colors play the same role, as a rose: red chrysanthemums, tulips or carnations too speak "I love you". Daisies will pay a compliment to beauty your beloved, and elegant flower to a lily that beauty this is simply irresistable. And the lilac can be given only once because it is considered, that it belongs to the first love. Gardenia - for shy and timid as it expresses the latent love about which it is not told. Violets express attachment. To play a trick on vanity narcissuses, flowers of selfish will help.
You also have learned something about symbolics of colors. However remember, that this knowledge can play a double role if you know that the flower means, and the one to whom you give it - is not present. So do not take offence. Time language of colors nowadays a little to whom is known, it is not necessary to give to it too big value.
The main thing - give to loved flowers always.