Actual roses are used for courtships, weddings, funerals, birthdays, and a lot of other occasions, which is to say for joy, sorrow and loss, hope, victory, and pleasure.

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• Pattern Language Index


• Future Foodscapes Compendium

Venus is almost always depicted as a beautiful and voluptuous young woman, and is symbolized by roses, doves, trees, pine cones, and wild berries.