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The Word (Flower ) Ostrich depends " bursting " with in the meaning " sprout " together. As a bouquet means a flower arrangement with a binding site that is mobile and can thus be conveniently transported.

Cultural History

Apart from the medical use, flowers were first used as jewelery containers for victims and grave goods. Even the Egyptians and later the Greeks and the Romans used flowers to their practices. In Egypt, it has grave goods can prove around 1540 BC around from the time, which consisted of the presentation of red poppies, yellow Araunen, cornflowers and lilies. In ancient Greece, it was already common for young women to present flowers and flower as a gift to praise the female beauty. In northern Europe, it was one of the customs of the Germanic tribes that young girls and women adorned themselves on special occasions with wreaths of fresh flowers, such as at weddings or on high holidays and fertility festivals.

In the course of the Christianization of Europe of floral arrangement and thus the bouquet first became less important. Meanwhile, the art of flower arranging was highly valued in other cultures: In Japan, the meditative art of Ikebana is practiced as early as the 6th century AD, and since the 15th century is demonstrably later than the training of young nobles. In contrast to the purely decorative bouquets of the Western world to bring an inner harmony and a higher -order principle expressed ikebana bouquets.

In Europe, won the ancient custom to present flowers as a gift, only with the Renaissance in importance again. The bouquet as easily perishable gift was especially true during the Baroque spirit of the times, who just praised the ephemeral and otherworldly. First, especially the nobles reserved, the bouquet came early to mid-19th century, the middle class in fashion. During this time, only the ostrich has developed as an independent, consciously designed shape. Towards the end of this century the private area of ​​the house won by the industrial boom and the resulting rich become citizens layer of meaning. The bouquet was an integral part of the life-world of the bourgeoisie.

Horticulture was now no pure nobility matter more, and private companies have established themselves. Artistic and commercial nurseries began to sell their products to the rapidly growing group of buyers.

Franz Kolb edge wrote in his 1952 published in first edition floristry textbook Europe overcomes the wreath, "In the changing worldviews from the mystical Middle Ages to the sensuous Renaissance, then to the lush exuberance of the Baroque and the delicate elegance of the Rococo to Impressionism and Expressionism are changing probably scope and magnitude of the " loose fullness" of bouquets, but always the natural essence of the living greening and flowering remains real meaning of all performance. "

The natural essence of flowers is an important part of the Weihenstephan design that is taught at the State School for floral art in Weihenstephan.

Use

• The earliest recorded use of fresh flowers is as grave goods and grave decorations.
• In ancient times and in ancient times, women decorated for special festivities with wreaths of flowers.
• Since the Renaissance, the bridal bouquet is known; originally served the strongly scented flowers the practical purpose, body odors and the heavy scent of incense to cover; Today bouquets are worn to many special occasions such as weddings precisely, for communion or confirmation, to proms, etc., of women.
• From Victorian times, the custom of a woman comes with an invitation to the ball to hand over a short stemmed.
• As a gift of flowers since the Baroque is popular up to the present time into it.
• For decorative purposes the bouquet has been used since about the end of the 19th century and since then embellished interiors.

Blumenbinderei is now called Floristry and follows various traditional and cultural developments. Thus, the bouquet is a socially established symbol with different meanings. Depending on the occasion bouquets have different shapes and colors. So colorful bouquets for example, be given away to cheer a sick person and to convey vitality, while in mourning florist thick color to express sympathy and grief to recovery. A bouquet of flowers can as a collective work have a statement. Thus a bound to the right loop has the meaning that the statement of the bouquet the recipient applies while a bouquet that is held together with a bound to the left loop, occupies a statement about the giver himself.

Bouquet shapes

• Today, conventional forms of ostrich

Round bouquet

Formal linear Strauss

Biedermeier bouquet

Variants of the bonding technique

• Spiral bound
• Parallel bound

Bouquet

For the bouquet, the flower head are bound to head. The cuff is made of leaves or paper. However, it can also consist of fine twisted willow branches. The flowers themselves are here angedrahtet, depending on the variety with a particular technique. So roses are shortened to 3 to 4 cm stem length, then usually wrapped with wet cotton wool. The stem is then artificially lengthened in order to bind the flowers can plug wire. The so-called " quilting " is intended to ensure longer freshness. The cotton and the wire are then wrapped with a special adhesive tape. This flora Tape is the easy train exerted by the Florist, very sticky and makes for a slip resistance of the wire stems.

When binding is taken to a uniform dome shape that is not too sharp but also must not act too shallow. This form ends with a right angle to the stem completion. The stalk itself is then usually shortened to the hand width plus 2 cm, then wrapped firmly with flora tape. For more comfort while keeping a thin layer of cotton wool provides. A silk ribbon in matching color, which is bound evenly around the stem, finished the work piece.

Long-stemmed Bindery

The long-stemmed bindery, which is also sometimes referred to as " German nature Ostrich " is a common binding form since the 1950s. The flower stalks are bound in length and are thus a part of the design. This means that the natural essence of the flower is expressed. The long stems that can absorb water so well, the long-stemmed bindery allows for longer lasting flowers.

Marie Strauss

The Marie Strauss, there is generally only of four different flowers. These have different colors here usually. The binding of flowers to a Marie Strauss was formerly particularly widespread as altar decorations.

Language of Flowers

Flowers are used since the 18th century not only as a decorative jewelry, but also as a means of communication. The different flowers and their combination convey messages. Was first described in the " Language of Flowers " by Lady Mary Worthy Montagu, who collected the various meanings of the flowers on their travels. The code consists of the type of flower, color, age ( as a bud or full bloom ) and the compilation of the flowers. A single bouquet of flowers can thus convey a complex message.