an early word for and arrow was "flower", ;from root "flow" and when victim lay on his back, the arrows shaft with gaudy feathers looked like a bouquet, and that is how we got our word "flower" for pretty blossoms

Well, if it's a myth, it's a good one, Bill

It would be great if the original meaning of "bouquet" especially related to the rather gruesome image above. Which would make the word almost enantiodromic..
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=451