| Flowers can (and often do) make up a
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| | Some varieties of florist carnations grow
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| fascinating and beautiful aspect of our
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| | to a height of 4 feet. Their fragrant
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| environment, both outdoors and indoors.
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| | blossoms are often 3 inches wide in an
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| Besides the dazzling (if not bewildering)
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| | assortment of colors including scarlet,
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| assortment of different kinds of flowers
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| | white, pink, crimson, red, orange,
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| available to spruce up your office or
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| | purple, yellow, and many-splendored
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| garden, some studies seem to suggest they
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| | colors.These carnations are widely used
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| even improve your health and mental
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| | in floral arrangements for weddings,
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| outlook. In the hopes that you might
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| | Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, January
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| receive some benefit or enjoyment from
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| | birthdays, funerals, and a host of other
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| learning about them, I have done a bit of
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| | occasions. As with border carnations,
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| research online (and plenty of editing)
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| | their flowers are long-lasting and can be
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| to introduce my to you a favorite flower
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| | easily preserved for dried flower
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| of mine. So here it is, in all its floral
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| | arrangements. Some spectacular varieties
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| glory -- the Carnation. It's a wild
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| | of florist carnations are:The Pink
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| thing.The Carnation (Dianthus
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| | Calypso -- Double flowers having lovely
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| caryophyllus), say "die-AN-thus
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| | clear pink petalsThe Dianthus Pierrot --
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| cari-OFF-ill-us" -- is a flowering plant
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| | Double flowers with pale rosy lavender
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| native to the Near East and has been
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| | blossoms edged with purpleThe Dianthus
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| cultivated for the last 2,000 years. So
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| | Astor -- Double flowers of deep scarlet
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| it might well have been familiar to Jesus
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| | and very fragrantThe Dianthus Nina --
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| and the apostles, though we do not know
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| | Double flowers with smooth-edged petals
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| this for certain. Its original natural
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| | of crimsonOn February 3, 1904, the Ohio
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| color was pinkish, but later, ancient
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| | General Assembly passed a joint
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| botanical types developed red, white,
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| | resolution naming the scarlet carnation
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| yellow and green varieties.Some scholars
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| | the official state flower. Fifty-five
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| think the name "carnation" comes from
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| | years later, on April 8, 1959, the Ohio
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| "coronation" or "corone" (which were
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| | Legislature named Alliance, Ohio the
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| crowns made of flowers, called
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| | "Carnation City," for truly it is the
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| "garlands"), as the Greeks wove them into
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| | home of Ohio's State flower. Another
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| ceremonial crowns. Others think the name
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| | honor was bestowed on the pink carnation
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| stems from the Latin "carnis" (flesh),
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| | when it was officially chosen as the
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| which names the original color of the
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| | emblem of Mother's Day in 1907.
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| flower. Early Christians treated this
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| | Carnations have also long been
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| flower as a symbol of the affection God
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| | representative of the month of January,
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| has for his people -- or that affection
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| | symbolizing "new beginnings," which is
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| the saints are to show one another --
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| | just what mothers, weddings and the month
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| consummately put on display in "The
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| | of January have in common.I tend to favor
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| Incarnation," meaning that God's great
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| | the last two listed, D. Astor and D.
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| love for His Church resulted in the
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| | Nina, together with white carnations, for
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| Incarnation, The Word of God made flesh
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| | which I have given the suggested Bible
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| in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the
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| | verses as:Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, and let
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| glorious King of kings.For the most part,
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| | us reason together, saith the LORD:
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| carnations express love, fascination, and
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| | though your sins be as scarlet, they
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| distinction. Light red carnations
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| | shall be as white as snow; though they be
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| represent admiration, while dark red ones
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| | red like crimson, they shall be as
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| signify deep love and affection. White
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| | wool."AND 2 Corinthains 5:17: "Therefore
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| carnations indicate pure love; striped
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| | if any man be in Christ, he is a new
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| symbolize a regret that a love cannot be
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| | creature: old things are passed away;
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| shared. Purple carnations indicate
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| | behold, all things are become new."Carson
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| capriciousness, while Pink carnations
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| | Day has written some 1.3 gazillion
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| have the most symbolic and historical
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| | articles and essays on all manner of
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| significance.What are called
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| | topics. These aim to glorify God and
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| "perpetual-flowering" carnations -- more
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| | offer people real help to live wisely and
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| commonly dubbed "florist" carnations --
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| | well. You can visit Carson's websites at
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| are the kind florists most often grow
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| | (The Omniblog, where Carson blogs
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| commercially (in greenhouses), and so
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| | everything) or (Carson's Day Trading
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| these bloom year-around. You can also
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| | Outpost). Thanks for stopping by.
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| grow them outdoors in milder climates.
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