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Flowers-Camomile: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Camomile. Anthemis nobilis. For though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 441.

Cardinal-flower. Lobelia Cardinalis. Whence is yonder flower so strangely bright? Would the sunset's last reflected shine Flame so red from that dead flush of light? Dark with passion is its lifted line, Hot, alive, amid the falling night.— DORA READ GOODALE — Cardinal Flower.

Carnation. Dianthus Caryophyllus. Carnation, purple, azure, or speck'd with gold.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. IX. L. 429.

Cassia. Cassia. While cassias blossom in the zone of calms.— JEAN INGELOW — Sand Martins.

Catalpa. Catalpa. The catalpa's blossoms flew, Light blossoms, dropping on the grass like snow.— BRYANT — The Winds.

Celandine. Chelidonium. Eyes of some men travel far For the finding of a star; Up and down the heavens they go, Men that keep a mighty rout! I'm as great as they, I trow, Since the day I found thee out, Little Flower!-I'll make a stir, Like a sage astronomer.— WORDSWORTH — To the Small Celandine.

Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story : There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine.— ORDSWORTH — To the Small Celandine.

Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet: February last, my heart First at sight of thee was glad; All unheard of as thou art, Thou must needs, I think, have had, Celandine! and long ago, Praise of which I nothing know.— WORDSWORTH — To the Same Flower.