The rose is a flower of stunning beauty. She exudes a pleasant delicate aroma. She has the most delicate petals of saturated color. In addition, the rose is a symbol of love. No wonder she was sung by many poets. But this flower also has a downside to beauty - these are its thorns and thorns.
Instructions
Step 1
Just as a medal has two different sides, so a rose, as it were, consists of two parts. Its beautiful and delicate part is the bud of this flower.
The lower one, insidious and dangerous, is a stem covered with sharp thorns. How can tenderness and thorniness coexist in one plant? Botanical scientists believe that thorns are needed for a rose to protect itself from the environment. It is very difficult to collect an armful of these flowers quickly, since you can get hurt on the thorns of the rose.
Step 2
Rose thorns are peculiar growths of plant tissue. There are varieties that are especially popular due to their thorns. They are called “burdock” and “prickly” rose. The thorns of this flower can be of completely different shapes: straight, triangular, arcuate, hooked, bristly. By the maturity of the thorns, specialists are able to determine the state of the plant's wood. This allows it to be trimmed correctly.
Step 3
The stems of various varieties of roses are unevenly covered with thorns-thorns. They can stick around the entire stem in large numbers, but they can be found only occasionally. Modern breeders have been able to grow rose varieties without thorns at all. Of course, these flowers are safer and more pleasant as a gift. But for many connoisseurs of a rose, its charm and attractiveness lies in its thorny thorns.
Step 4
True aesthetes and connoisseurs of beauty have long solved the riddle of the thorniness of this flower. Telling why the rose is "armed" with thorns, they compare it with a real woman. And which representative of the fair sex can be interesting only for her tenderness and beauty? A woman should have a certain "bitterness". A lady becomes especially desirable only when it is difficult to achieve her.
Step 5
According to ancient legend, the presence of thorns in a rose is associated with the ancient god Bacchus, who was chasing a beautiful nymph and suddenly found himself in front of a thorny obstacle. In order for the girl to stop her run, Bacchus turned thorns into roses, but she continued to run. Then the vexed Bacchus endowed the rose with sharp thorns so that the wounded nymph would become exhausted and become his prey.
Step 6
According to another legend, the presence of thorns in a rose is associated with the deity of love - Cupid. Breathing in the scent of a beautiful flower, he was unexpectedly stung by a bee. Angry, feeling pain, he shot an arrow into the rose, which then turned into a thorn.
