The Bible gives the rose no set meaning; it mentions the flower only in passing. The King James Version names it twice, and even there the Hebrew flower was probably a crocus or a narcissus. The meanings Christians know came later: red roses for the martyrs, white for purity and joy, and the “Mystical rose” as a title of Mary. Still, those two verses hold something. One is a lover’s line, “I am the rose of Sharon” (Song of Solomon…

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