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Roses in France: The French, especially the town of Rouen, embraced the cultivation of roses after the King of Navarre brought his wife rose bushes when he returned from The Seventh Crusade.
Flower god:The natives of the Inca Empire in Peru were seen worshiping a giant sunflower by Francisco Pizarro in 1532. Scorpion repellent: It was thought by some Ancients that they could drive away scorpions by using a strong external concoction made of Delphinium flowers.
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