Bulbs and Bouquets
James Waddick (Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:14:15 PDT)
Dear Judy;
I agree with Kelly that the answers are more anthropological
than horticultural. Even birds and lower primates are attracted to
bright colors Maybe it is in the genome. I suspect some brightly
colored flowers ended up in a pile in a cave or around a camp fire
with the gathered bulbs and roots for dinner and set aside.
Which came first the bouquet or the vase? Just joking.
Best Jim W.
Does anyone have any idea of when
posies were first brought indoors? Curiouser and curiouser.
I don't know, however, I'm sure the early cavepeople (aka
cavemen) brought 'em in. I do wonder when they started
keeping them in water:-).
Flower Power is as Old as Flowers, KellyO
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