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Making spirits happy: To please the spirits of the dead many rich Romans grew huge rose gardens to provide petals for their grave sites.
Flower sexuality:In the majority of species, individual flowers have both pistils and stamens as described above. These flowers are described by botanists as being perfect, bisexual, or hermaphrodite. Sacred flower: The flowers heads of the Calendula were used to adorn holy statues in ancient India and it is their most sacred flower.
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