THE" ROSALIA" ASSOCIATED WITH THE REBIRTH OF THE EARTH IN THE SPRING AND TO THE FLOWER GODDESS," FLORA, "WAS AN IMMENSELY POPULAR PUBLIC HOLIDAY, CELEBRATED WITH GAMES AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES THE FESTIVAL WAS DEDICATED TO SPRINGTIME AND TO THE FLOWER GODDESS" FLORA" AND THE LOVE GODDESS, "VENUS." SINCE FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY ROSES, WERE PLENTIFUL AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY WERE USED IN MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PERFUMES, COSMETICS, AND TEAS.
ACCORDING TO AN OLD LEGEND, "FLORA", THE ROMAN GODDESS OF "SPRING" AND "FLOWERS", WAS WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS WHEN SHE HAPPENED UPON THE BEAUTIFUL BODY OF A DEAD MAIDEN. BEING GREATLY SADDENED BY THIS SHE BEGGED THE GODS OF "OLYMPIA" TO ASSIST HER IN GIVING THIS YOUNG GIRL NEW LIFE AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER. ONE GOD GAVE THE BREATH OF LIFE, ANOTHER BATHED HER IN NECTAR, ANOTHER FRAGRANCE, ONE GAVE HER FRUIT; IT WAS FLORA HERSELF CONTRIBUTED PETALS. THE RESULT WAS THE VERY FIRST ROSE.
The rose is called the queen of flowers,
Surrounded by her sisters fair,
A lovely throng of beauties rare,
She holds her court 'mid summer bowers,
'Neath smiling skies of sunny blue,
Gayly they bloom the summer through
Brightening all the golden hours.
by HATTIE L. KNAPP
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