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Birthday flower: Germany lilies of the valley

To charity, miracle and check the tower orchid flowers of the bishop of st Peter

Since ancient times, Christianity is a link to the sage and specific flower habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center of planting all kinds of flowers, over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers and together, to form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monasteries in southern Europe, southern Europe is Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers.German lilies of the valley is a liliaceous perennial herbs, wild in the forest and other places.It is used to worship in the 12th century monk, is also active in the foot of the Alps, is famous for charity and miracles of tower bishop - st. Peter's flowers.

says: pure white

Pure white lilies of the valley has a bell shaped flowers in Germany, is its biggest micro, on the other hand, it breed prolifically, is also well known.Lilies of the valley, British horticulturist think Germany is used to fill the blank of the family of flower seeds, and best so it means "white".Born blessed this flower, like a piece of completely without any paint such as stain sketch paper, completely don't know what is unclean.In the future, what you want on this piece of white paper depict beautiful vision?

Birthstone: emerald

Pure bright light, like spring green emeralds, had the characteristics of mood bright beautiful, no wonder the ancient Romans will see it as a gem, and used as an idol of the eyes.As western there is an old proverb: "want to find a flawless emerald, and far more difficult than beauty find a perfect person."

As western there is an old proverb: "want to find a flawless emerald, and far more difficult than beauty find a perfect person."Almost all natural emerald defective, this is the best evidence prove that it is the true natural gems.Emerald is all the stones, imitation and synthetics at most one.In the age of the gem identification method has not yet universal, it used to be the root of many stone chagrin, sad!

The legend of emerald

Cleopatra kristi opie took leave many legends, heard her favorite or emerald green.At the time of the old continent, and the only emerald mines in Egypt.Legend has it that the mine for kristi opie took all the individual, and so do the "rob li opie pull off mountain".The Alexander the great conquered Egypt said, and left all kinds of cruel story of a tyrant, Nero, for the emerald produced here, there are abnormal persistent love.Nero will be enshrined in the temple of the emerald has given his queen Bhopal.Bhopal with this stone made a pair of glasses for Nero and nine pieces of her own personal ornaments.