THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE: Reading answers

THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE I The rose is the most deeply ingrained flower in human history and human culture. It has been immortalised and integrated into music, festivals, poetry and even wars. It has been used as a sign of passion as well as grief. It is also the sign of human love, given on different occasions. William Shakespeare surely immortalised the rose for the world in 1597, in his play "Romeo and Juliet", when Juliet so passionately said, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet." II All species of roses are naturally found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Some 150 wild species are spread worldwide, from Alaska to Mexico, from Northern…