For a continuous period of time people used natural flowers, branches, leaves and other stuff in clothing, celebrations and homes adorning. It is indicated by the patterns of applied and ornamental arts, architecture, painting and poetry.
People utilized flowers already in the Bronze Age that is confirmed by archeological discoveries. One of the most ancient crocks for flowers belongs to the mid Iron Age. For decoration were applied different natural materials as flowers, leaves, twigs already at that old time. And even nowadays you may find that people still like to decorate their sentiments with flowers, so you can dispatch flowers to Russia utilizing various web stores.
The blooms were widely applied in ancient Egypt for decoration of palaces, churches and during venerations. Especially for adorning deities' images persons utilized different kinds of branches and other plants. Such blooms as lotus were laid before the statues of deities. This tradition still subsists in Buddhist temples.
Egyptologists who found the sepulcher of Tutankhamen in 1929 have found along with marvelous riches and other luxuries an unpretentious garland of flowers on the chest of the pharaoh, that was put there by his wife. That garland was in a very well state, so everybody could see what blooms were utilized in it. There were: fruits of poppy, knapweed and “apples of love” that are fruits of mandrake.
Of course it is a famous aspect that Holland is a head of bloom industry. It's true that the Dutch very love to be in the surrounding of flowers. People of Holland have special fields for growing blooms as well as they can grow them in small vessels. Sometimes, we may even say that this love has grown in some type of fanaticism. Flowers are one of the basic points in Holland export. Such flowers as tulips acquired here their second home and real paradise on earth. But with the origin of these flowers the Netherlands have little in common. The Caucasus, China and Mongolia are those places that we may call native land of these blooms. So, you can still find there savage congeners of tulips. From the Caucasus, they have begun to move in the direction of Holland. (more…)