Thứ Ba, 2 tháng 8, 2011

The Mysterious World Of Flowers

By Adrianna Noton


Many may wonder where we would be if we did not have flowers. They are more than just objects of beauty. From our childhood rhymes, to our epic love poems, the imagery of blooms has a deep significance in almost every culture.

These proto-blooming plants evolved over time, developing colourful petals that were a huge attraction for bugs. That relationship between insect life and blooming plants is so intertwined that Albert Einstein has stated that if a bee disappeared, you would only have four years of blooming. With the bees no longer exist, that means there will be no more pollination. No more pollination means no more plants and no more plants means no more animals, which means no more men.

Plants developed colorful petals only about 90 million ago. As a result symbiotic relationship with insects developed, and is so ingrained in our eco-systems that Albert Einstein remarked that if there were no more bees on earth, then there would be no more blooms, which would end with a result of no more humans.

As time went on, man discovered the hidden power of blooms to heal the body and sooth the soul. Back in the day when there were no doctors or drug stores, people resorted to flower teas to treat a range of ailments from body aches to bruises. Colds and fevers were treated with chrysanthemum petals. You might even take a bath in water infused with blooms to break a run of bad luck or if you thought you had been hexed.

Apart from food, blooms also play a major role in both physical and spiritual healing. In many cultures around the world it is believed that spells and curses can be warded off or dispelled by taking a bath in water that has been infused with blooms. Teas made with petals also have therapeutic effects. Chrysanthemum used as tea is said to cure colds, fevers, headaches.

Our desire for perfumes, and sweet smelling oils goes back thousands of years. In 2005, archaeologists discovered the remains of a 4000-year-old perfumery on the island of Cyprus. We can credit the ninth century Persian physician, Avicenna with giving us the process of extracting scent by distillation; this method of extracting scent is still used to this day. Even today, the floral notes of rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang and mimosa are used in some of the most expensive perfumes we use.

One of the great attraction of them is scent. People have been extracting scents from blooms throughout history. In 2005, archaeologists discovered the remains of a 4000 sq. Meter perfumery in Cyprus dating back more than 4000 years. In the ninth century, the Persian physician, Avicenna discovered the process of extracting scent by distillation. The process is still widely used today to produce modern perfumes. Rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, geraniums and mimosa are just some of the scents that find their way into some of the most prized and expensive perfumes we use today.

From the funeral wreath to a bridal bouquet, flowers mark our deepest sorrows and our happiest moments. Whether we're planting them, arranging them, giving or getting them there's something about flowers that lifts us up and gives us joy. It seems there's just no resisting the appeal of flowers from London florists.




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