Welcome to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose
Gardening World. Here at Rose
Gardening World, you’ll find rose articles that will educate you about Roses – Rose History, Rose Culture, Rose Growing, Rose Profiles, Rose Gardening
Tips, Rose Gardens and even Rose
Verses all in one place. So visit Rose Gardening World often.
Take time and smell the roses. Roses have been around for millions of years which just prove that roses are not difficult to grow. The Rose is also our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.
Take time and smell the roses. Roses have been around for millions of years which just prove that roses are not difficult to grow. The Rose is also our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.
FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD
Back in 1843, London businessman Henry Cole decided that he
did not have enough time to write personal messages to friends and relatives so
he asked his friend, artist John /Calcott Horsley, a member of the Royal
Academy to design a card that he could put in an envelope and mail. That idea resulted in a new holiday
tradition. Horsley dsigned a three
–panel, pastel-tinted design featuring a happy Victorian family toasting the
season. On the side of the panel are two
Christmas traditions – clothing the needy and feeding the hungry.
In 1840 with the passage of the Penny Postage /Act which
allowed anyone in England to send mail for a penny, sending Christmas card
became in vogue in England. America
caught up with the new craze when Louis Prang perfected his lithographic
process of multicolor printing in the 1870s.
Prang sponsored art contests to get original designs for his cards. Today billions of cards are sent around the
world with all kinds of designs.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Check my recent blogs:
- DAVID AUSTIN ROSES
- GRAHAM THOMAS
- CONSTANCE SPRY
- HERITAGE ROSE
- PAT AUSTIN ROSE
- WHERE TO BUY GOOD QUALITY ROSES
- AARS WINNER FOR 2012
- COCOA MULCH - LETHAL TO DOGS
- WILL THERE BE A SHORTAGE OF ROSES IN 2012?
- POTPOURRI TO OCCUPY YOUR WINTER
- HARDINESS ZONE MAP
No comments:
Post a Comment