Flowers

   -    There is no shortage of places where you can buy flowers for your
    valentine: there were 26,400 florists nationwide, employing
    123,600 persons, in 1995.  Data on 1995 Valentine's Day flower
    sales were not available.

   -    It's possible the flowers you buy this year came from Colombia,
    our nation's leading supplier of cut flowers. U.S. imports of cut
    flowers from Colombia totaled $301.2 million  between January and
    October 1997.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/fs98-02.html

Don't buy them from the roadside stands - those flowers wilt in a day or two.

Maybe the fake tree trend will catch on to Valentine's Day and people will start buying a dozen fake roses that can be put up all year round without water.

HeartLESS