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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 looks like animal:Because the Strelitzia flower looks much like the head and beak of an exotic bird they are nicknamed The Bird of Paradise. Flowers stop craziness: Around the time of Henry VIII it was believed that 15 days of drinking a mixture of crushed daisies steeped in wine could cure insanity.
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