They made a pile of sand on the pier in front of the Glicks' house and planted red, white and blue carnations and a paper flag.

The dignitaries on the stage and the people from the audience surrounded the coffin, decorated with blue and white carnations.

You will now have a red, white and blue carnation - ready to wear on your uniform.

Jose Ramos, whose worn face belied his 38 years, had sold only two bouquets of red, white and blue carnations by 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.

They planted an autumn purple ash tree and laid a wreath of red, white and blue carnations at its base.

He gestured at a tacky bouquet of red, white, and artificially blue carnations.

On an easel sat a gaudy American flag made up of red, white, and blue carnations.

The front of the auditorium was decorated with blue carnations and white chrysanthemums.

Carnations do not naturally produce the pigment delphinidin, thus a blue carnation cannot occur by natural selection or be created by traditional plant breeding.

The pristine white walls, blameless reflectors of light, had been upholstered in an almond-green Indian cotton scattered with tiny deep blue carnations.