Hey, I love roses. They're my favorite flower. Whats yours?
Roses are also my favorite flower! There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars of them!
Really? That's pretty interesting. I've seen the red and black ones. I didn't realize there were more varieties.
Yup! Most species are actually native to Asia.
I had no idea! I who first started cultivating them?
I'm not sure about that. I do know that the word rose has a French origin though, which was borrowed from the Latin word rosa.
Interesting, do you know if all roses have thorns?
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe
asked about the book. "I have three copies of the book here because I collect children's stories. That's one of my favorite stories because it's actually a real dark story. She falls down the hole and no one is really nice to her at all. Pretty much every character she encounters, they're not really on her side. So re-reading it I realized I could do a little bit darker of an interpretation than the original illustrations."
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