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| Hampton Inn Wheeling | | There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse | | You can complain because roses have |
| Holiday Inn Wheeling | | dedicated to the production of fresh-cut | | thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns |
| Super8 Motels Wheeling | | roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse | | have roses. |
| | | rose production in the U.S. is valued at about | | |
| | | one million dollars, which includes the value | | What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
| | | of the plants, greenhouse structure and land. | | By any other name would smell as sweet. |
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| | | In 1994, over 1,200,000,000 roses were | | Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. |
| | | purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works | | |
| | | out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 | | It matters not what goal you seek Its secret |
| | | roses per person. | | here reposes: You've got to dig from week to |
| | | | | week To get Results or Roses. |
| | | Anniversaries: One of the most popular | | |
| | | occasions to celebrate with flowers. A dozen | | Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning |
| | | red roses in a vase is the classic anniversary | | can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - |
| | | gift. Roses of mixed colors or multi colored | | like writing a poem, or saying a prayer. |
| | | mixed bouquets also do the trick. | | |
| | | | | It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make |
| | | Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; | | man better be; Or standing long an oak, |
| | | historically, they meant a decrease of love | | three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, |
| | | and infidelity. | | bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May |
| | | | | Although it fall and die that night, It was the |
| | | Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty. | | plant of flower and light, In small proportions |
| | | | | we just beauties see; And in short measures, |
| | | Orange say "I am fascinated and | | life may perfect be. |
| | | enthusiastic". | | |
| | | | | Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we |
| | | The rose is the official National Floral | | cannot flower and grow without it. |
| | | emblem of the United States. This legislation | | |
| | | was signed into law by President Ronald | | Some people get angry because God put |
| | | Reagan on October 7, 1986. | | thorns on roses, while others praise him for |
| | | | | putting roses among thorns. |
| | | Red roses of any hue say "I love you". | | |
| | | | | For man, as for flower and beast and bird, |
| | | | | the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, |
| | | | | most perfectly alive. |
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