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Dr. Levi L. Lamborn was a physician and amateur horticulturist and politician in Alliance, Ohio. A few years after the Civil War, he showed a carnation to a friend and political opponent named William McKinley. The red carnation was adopted as Ohio's state flower in 1904 in memory of President William McKinley, who always wore a red carnation in his lapel. The carnation was introduced in 1904. Carnations are grown in greenhouses in Alliance, the Carnation City, to this day. The carnation is native to Europe, primarily the Mediterranean region. For more information about the State of Ohio visit there Home Page |
