Although it hasn't worked out in the past, many groups are still pushing native alternatives. Other Hoosiers want to keep the ...

Early in his political career, an opponent of William McKinley’s gave him a red carnation boutonniere to wear during a debate. McKinley went on to win that debate and then the congressional election ...

COLUMBUS — Bouquets of carnations are on display at the Ohio Statehouse, not to mark the start of the new legislative term or welcome the public to the largely empty building, but to honor a former ...

What embodies Ohio more than sipping on a glass of tomato juice under a buckeye tree while listening to "Hang on Sloopy?" Nothing, according to Ohio lawmakers tasked with assigning the state symbols ...

This year marks 120 years since the Lamborn Red flower, created in Alliance, was honored. McKinley said he considered the flower good luck in his political life. As still was the case on Sept. 6, 1901 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The flowers look like they have been tossed into the air, or onto a stage at a Maria Callas performance,” says ...

Remember the days when we knew the flower lexicon by heart? Lilies for funerals, roses for Valentine's Day... and carnations - strictly for cheapskates who shopped at the petrol station. Now, though, ...

They say a rose is a rose is a rose — but isn’t it also something else? We all know that a gift of red roses means something very different than a gift of yellow daisies or white carnations or even ...