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母亲节英语手抄报内容：母亲之花康乃馨

花匠小妙招
2024-09-14 14:28

　　母亲节送康乃馨已经是众所周知的了，因为人们认为康乃馨是母爱的象征，但是为什么会将康乃馨同母亲节联系再一起呢?母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物，康乃馨被视为献给母亲的花，而中国的母亲花是萱草花，又叫忘忧草。母亲节的创立者安娜·贾维斯的母亲生前非常喜欢康乃馨，康乃馨也就成了美国母亲节的象征，同时，安娜·贾维斯觉得对母亲的尊敬应该用爱和尊重来表达。

　　The carnations have become such a familiar part of Mother's Day observance that they are said to be an emblem of mother love. But why and how these flowers came to associate themselves with the Mother's Day?

　　The perpetual flowering carnation, perhaps derived from crosses between the border carnations and the China pink, produces larger flowers. The flowers of this variety blooms almost continuously in the greenhouse.

　　Carnations are among the most popular cut flowers, used in floral arrangements, corsages, and boutonnieres. In Europe the carnation was formerly used as a treatment for fevers. It was also used to spice wine and ale during Elizabethan times, as a substitute for the more expensive clove.

　　In 1907, Miss Anna Jarvis selected the pink carnations as the symbol for Mother's Day. So, like the Day itself it was Miss Jarvis who made it a part of Mother's Day. She introduced and supplied these white carnations at the first service conducted in Grafton, West Virginia. They were chosen because of her mother's fondness for them.

　　May be, at first they were not exactly picked up on an emblematic sense. But they were immediately accepted as appropriate for the occasion. It was the inherent quality of sweetness, purity and endurance that made the carnations so popular on Mother's Day.

　　Later, white carnations, with their sweet fragrance, came to be regarded as the flowers meant for those who have missed their mothers. Missed, either because of death, or, because of staying at a distance.

　　And it was the red carnations which in course of time became the symbol while wishing a living mother love. Perhaps, red, the color of blood and heart, was thought to be more suited to represent life and love..