carnation

• Phelps purchased every remaining carnation, and then donated them to Prothro Hall. —  Sweet Briar College News
• Yon bright carnation--once thy cheek Bent o'er it in the bud And back it gives thy blushes meek In one rejoicing flood This may be made in three varieties. —  The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
• Within a comparatively few years the carnation, as indeed a number of other flowers, has been developed to nearly twice its former size, and the number of beautiful shades obtainable has also increased many times To be grown at its best the carnation should have a rather cool temperature and plenty of ventilation, and these two requirements help to place it within reach of the small greenhouse operator. —  Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
• Let us acknowledge to the world the great debt we owe them by wearing, every one of us, boy and girl, man and woman, on Mothers' Day, a white carnation--the flower chosen as the symbol and emblem of motherhood Happily chosen emblem! —  Pushing to the Front
• We saw birds of all colors: some carnation, some crimson, orange, tawny, purple, and so on; and it was unto us a great good passing time to behold them, besides the relief we found by killing some store of them with our fowling-pieces The adventurers at length reached an Indian village of which their old guide had told them, and here, after the natives had got over their fright and learned that the strangers meant them no harm, they were very hospitably entertained. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III

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