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Know your Birth Month Flowers and its Meaning Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody's birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be "inherited" by whomever is born in that certain month person. In a cultural sense, flower characteristics such as appearance, color, and scent, have relevance as gifts. It is believed that it was the Romans who started celebrating birth and birthdays using flowers. Seasonal flowers were used not just for decoration, but also taken as gifts and therefore can probably be credited with the tradition of birth flowers. Some have been inspired by this tradition to create lists that associate a birthday flower with each of the days in a year. January Carnation In the north of the northern hemisphere, January is a cold and gloomy month, but in non-frozen areas, many flowers will bloom in the cool weather, and carnation is one of them. The flower associated with the month is Carnation and is s

8 Flowers lots of us did not know are edible. We often appreciate flowers by their beauty and how it catches our special someone's heart every time we give them such presents. But what most of us do not know is that flowers are not just good for the eye, but also good for a hungry stomach. Here are some flowers that are good to eat and commonly being used in Chinese, Greek, and Roman cuisines. 1. CHRYSANTHEMUM (Chrysanthemum morifolium, syn. C. x grandiflorum) If you like the smell of chrysanthemum flowers and the taste of tea brewed with the dried flower buds, then consider eating chrysanthemum greens. You'll find the vegetable in any number of Asian markets—Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian—during the spring to autumn seasons. (Keep your eyes peeled, as it is sometimes referred to as crown daisy.) 2 DAYLILIES (Hemerocallis) Daylilies are not only edible, they are spectacular. They are being used in Asian cuisine, salads, desserts, de