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Cabbage ................................Profit

Cacalia ...................................Adulation

Cactus ....................................Warmth

Calla Aethiopica ....................Magnificent Beauty

Calycanthus ...........................Benevolence



Camellia Japonica, Red .........Unpretending Excellence

Camellia Japonica, White .......Perfected loveliness

(The Camellia is named after George Joseph Camellus, a Jesuit from Moravia. They are native to India, China and Japan where he traveled, and the flowers are often depicted in Oriental art. They were featured in Alexander Dumas book 'The Lady of the Camellias' where the heroine conveyed her feelings to her suitors by wearing red or white camellias.)



Camomile ...............................Energy in adversity

Canary Grass ..........................Perserverance

Candytuft ................................Indifference

Canterbury Bell ......................Acknowledgement

Cape Jasmine ..........................I'm too happy

Cardamind ..............................Paternal error



Carnation, Deep Red .............Alas! for my poor heart

Carnation, Striped ..................Refusal

Carnation, Yellow ..................Disdain

(In the Language of flowers the Carnation changes its meaning according to its color so while the striped carnation means refusal the yellow carnation disdain, the red carnation signifies the blood of Christ.

The cultivation of these confident flowers goes back over two thousand years and is said that the plant came to England with the Normans. It may be found growing wild in the walls of the Norman castles of Dover and Rochester and is believed to have been rooted to the stones imported from France

The Athenians honored Carnations by calling them Di-anthos, Flower of Jove, and used the flowers to make wreaths and garlands at their festivals, whence came the word 'cornation' from which Carnation is derived. Due to their Clove like scent they are frequently referred to as gillyflowers, a name they share with both wallflowers and stocks, coming from the French 'giroflier' Carnations were sometimes added to wine and ale to add spiciness and are still known as sops-in-wine in some parts of the countryside today.)



Cardinal Flower ......................Distinction

Catchfly ..................................Snare

Catchfly, Red .........................Youthful love

Catchfly, White...................... Betrayed

Cedar ......................................Strength

Cedar of Lebanon ..................Incorruptible

Cedar Leaf .............................I live for thee

Celadine (Lesser) ..................Joys to come

Cereus (Creeping) .................Modest genius

Centaury ................................Delicacy

Champignon ...........................Suspicion

Chequered Fritillary ...............Prersecution

Cherry Tree........................... Good education

Cherry Tree, White ................Deception

Chesnut Tree ..........................Do me justice. Luxury

Chickweed ..............................Rendezvous

Chicory ...................................Frugality

China Aster ............................Variety

China Aster, Double ...............I partake your sentiments

China Aster, Single .................I will think of it

China or Indian Pink.............. Aversion

China Rose .............................Beauty always new

Chineses Chrysanthemum ......Cheerfulness under adversity

Christmas Rose .......................Relieve my anxiety
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