Although they grow buttonhole carnations in every shade of cream, the real money is in red roses.

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The most popular flower searches after roses were orchids, lilies, tulips and carnations.

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Then, wearing hard hats and carrying red, white and blue carnations, they stand for 15 to 20 minutes at a platform at the foot of the ruins.

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As I walk by one corner store, its display of flowers from before the hurricane are still on sale, I see a couple go up and examine the tulips and carnations.

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The crisp, cold scent of carnations envelops her.

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