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2. List of Ohio state symbols - Wikipedia

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   State flower: Cultivated flower The state flower of Ohio is the scarlet carnation. On February 3, 1904, the Ohio General Assembly passed a resolution providing for a state flower to be chosen. The act naming the Carnation as the state flower specified the scarlet carnation for the memory of William McKinley. [13]

3. AmeriFlora '92 - Wikipedia

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   AmeriFlora '92 logo. AmeriFlora '92 was an international horticultural exhibition held in Columbus, Ohio, United States from April 20 to October 12, 1992.Taking place on 88 acres (356,123 m 2) of landscaped grounds at Franklin Park, the exhibition cost $95 million to produce and attracted 5.5 million visitors.

4. List of city nicknames in Ohio - Wikipedia

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   Alliance, which is officially nicknamed the Carnation City, helped make the scarlet carnation the state flower of Ohio. The sculpture Flyover in downtown Dayton, the "Birthplace of Aviation," tracks the path of the Wright Brothers' first powered aircraft flight.

5. Dianthus caryophyllus - Wikipedia

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   The name "carnation" is believed to come from the Latin corona, a "wreath, garland, chaplet, crown", [7] as it was one of the flowers used in Greek and Roman ceremonial crowns, or possibly from the Latin caro (genitive carnis), "flesh", [7] which refers to the natural colour of the flower, or in Christian iconography incarnatio, "incarnation ...

6. Franklin Park Conservatory - Wikipedia

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   Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden and conservatory located in Columbus, Ohio.It is open daily and an admission fee is charged. Today, it is a horticultural and educational institution showcasing exotic plant collections, special exhibitions, and Dale Chihuly artworks.

7. Alliance, Ohio - Wikipedia

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   Alliance gave Ohio its official state flower, the scarlet carnation. Alliance's association with the carnation began in 1866 when an Alliance doctor, Levi L. Lamborn, purchased six potted carnation plants to grow in a greenhouse at his house. At that time this flower was rarely cultivated in the United States.