For a long period of time persons used natural blooms, twigs, leaves and other stuff in clothes, festivals and interior decoration. Painting, literature, architecture, decorative and applied arts have lots of evidences of blooms utilization.
There are different archeological finds that evidence the usage of blooms by people already in the Bronze Age. One of the most ancient crocks for blooms belongs to the mid Bronze Age. Long time before, when for adorning were extensively utilized diverse natural stuff, there were often used some twigs, flowers, leaves. Nowadays, it is also general to decorate feelings with blooms, so if you want to get flowers Russia you should use internet shops.
In ancient Egypt flowers were extensively used for decoration of churches, palaces and the processes of worship. Especially for adorning deities' images persons utilized various types of twigs and other plants. Such blooms as lotus were put before the images of deities. Today, you may find such tradition in Buddhist churches.
When the sepulcher of Pharaoh Tutankhamen was discovered in 1929 by archaeologist H. Carter, everybody saw that the most impressive thing was not those riches, but an unpretentious garland of blooms that was placed by the widow of the pharaoh on his chest. The wreath was so well preserved that one could even see what kinds of flowers in it were: cornflower, the fruit of poppy, black nightshade and fruits of mandragora - “Apples of love”.
The heart of flower production is Holland. It's true that the Dutch really like to be in the surrounding of flowers. They grow blooms in small vessels and on vast fields. In this matter we may say that the Dutch treat this point with great fanaticism. Blooms are the foundation of Dutch industry. For instance, this country definitely has become a second home for tulips. But with the origin of these blooms Holland has not really much in common. The wild tulips still may be found in the Caucasus, China and Mongolia. Directly form the Caucasus they began their journey to Holland. Read the rest of this entry »