Cabbage -Profit
Cacalia -Adulation
Cactus -Thou leavest me. Warmth
Calla AEthiopica -Magnificent Beauty
Calla Lilly -Feminine beauty, Delicacy, Modesty.
Calycanthus -Benevolence
Camelia (1899: Camellia) -Pity, Gratitude
Camellia Japonica, Red -Unpretending excellence.
Camellia Japonica, White -Perfected loveliness.
Camillia -Gratitude; Perfect Loveliness.
Camomile/Chamomile -Energy in adversity
Canary Grass -Perseverance, determination
Candytuft -Indifference; Architecture.
Canterbury Bell -Gratitude, Constancy, Acknowledgement
Cape Jasmine -I am too happy
Cape Jasmine Gardenia -Transport, ecstasy.
Cardamine -Paternal error.
Cardinal Flower -Distinction; Preferment.
Carnation -Pride; Pure and deep love; beauty
Carnation, Deep Red -Alas! For my poor heart.
Carnation, Striped -Refusal
Carnation, Yellow -Disdain
Carrot Flower -Do not refuse me
Catalpa Flower -Beware of the coquette.
Catchfly -Snare; Caught at last
Catchfly (Silene), Red -Youthful love
Catchfly, White -I fall victim; Betrayed
Cedar -Think of me; I live for thee; Strength
Cedar Leaf -I live for thee
Cedar of Lebanon -Incorruptible
Cedar Sprig -Constancy in love; I live for thee
Celandine-Future joy; Joys to come
Cereus (Creeping) -Modest genius
Cereus, Night Blooming -Transient Beauty
Centaury -Delicacy
Champignon -Suspicion
Chequered Fritillary -Persecution
Cherry -A good education
Cherry Blossom -Spiritual beauty
Cherry Tree -Good education; Education
Cherry Tree, White -Deception
Chestnut -Do me justice
Chestnut Tree -Do me justice; Luxury
Chickweed -I cling to thee; Rendezvous
Chickory (1883(II): Chiccory) -Frugality; Economy
China Aster-Love of variety; I will think of thee; Variety
China Aster, Double -I partake your sentiments
China Aster, Single -I will think of it, deliberation
China, Pink-Aversion
China or Indian Pink -Aversion
China Rose -Beauty always new
Chinese Chrysanthemum -Cheerfulness under adversity
Chorozema Varium -You have many lovers
Christmas Rose -Relieve my anxiety.
Chrysanthemum -A heart left to desolation.
Chrysanthemum, Red -I love.
Chrysanthemum, Rose -In love
Chrysanthemum, White -Truth, veracity
Chrysanthemum, Yellow -Slighted love
Cinnamon Tree -Forgiveness of injuries
Cinquefoil -Beloved child; A beloved daughter; Maternal affection
Circaea -Spell
Cistus, or Rock Rose -Surety; Popular favor
Cistus, Gum -I shall die to-morrow.
Citron -Ill-natured beauty
Clarkia -The variety of your conversation delights me
Clematis -Artifice ; Mental Beauty
Clematis, Evergreen -Poverty
Clinging Woodbine-Fraternal love
Clotbur -Rudeness; Pertinacity
Clover, Four-leaved -Be mine
Clover, Red -Industry
Clover, White -I promise; Think of me.
Cloves -Dignity
Clyanthus -Worldliness
Coboea -Gossip
Cockle -Vain is beauty without merit
Cockscomb Amaranth -Foppery; Affectation; Singularity
Colchium/Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron-My best days fled/past
Coltsfoot -Justice shall be done you.
Columbine-Desertion; Folly
Columbine, Purple -Resolved to win
Columbine, Red -Anxious and trembling; Great anxiety
Convolvulus -Bonds
Convolvulus, Blue (Minor) -Repose; Night
Convolvulus Major -Dead/Extinguished hopes
Convolvulus Minor -Uncertainty
Convolvulus, Pink -Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection.
Corchorus -Impatience of happiness; Impatient of absence
Corcopsis -Love at first sight.
Coreopsis -Always cheerful
Coreopsis Arkansa -Love at first sight.
Coriander -Hidden merit/worth
Corn -Riches; Abundance
Corn, Broken -Quarrel
Corn Bottle -Delicacy
Corn Buttercup -Riches, wealth
Corn Cockle -Gentility
Corn Straw -Agreement
Cornel Tree -Duration
Cornelian Cherry Tree -Durability; Continuance; Duration
Coronella -Success crown your wishes
Coronilla -Success to you.
Cowslip-Pensiveness; Native grace; Winning grace
Cowslip, American -My divinity; Divine beauty; You are my divinity.
Coxcomb -Foppery
Crab Blossom -Ill-tempered
Cranberry -Cure for heartache.
Crane's Bill -Envy
Creeping Cereus -Horror
Cress (1899: Cresses)-Stability; Power; always reliable
Crocus-Cheerfulness; Abuse not
Crocus, Spring -Youthful gladness.
Crocus, Saffron -Mirth
Crowfoot -Ingratitude
Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved) -Lustre
Crown Imperial-Majesty; Power; Pride of birth
Crowsbill -Envy
Cuckoo Plant -Ardour
Cucumber -Criticism
Cudweed, American -Unceasing remembrance.
Currants -You please me; Thy frown will kill me
Cuscuta -Meanness
Cyclamen -Diffidence
Cypress -Death; Mourning; Despair
Cypress and Marigold -Despair