Victorian Language of Flowers C

Cabbage : profit
Cacalia : adulation
Cactus : warmth
Calla Aethiopica : magnificent beauty
Caleolaria : keep this for my sake; money, let me assist you.
Calycanthus : benevolence
Camellia Japonica, red : how radiantly lovely you are; white : unpretending excellence
Camomile : energy in adversity, I admire your courage in adversity - Hope on!
Campanulal : gratitude
Campion, Meadow : poverty, though poor and lowly - I dare admire you; red : encouragement, I should like to make your acquaintance; white : evening, meet me at dusk; Ragged Robin : Wit
Canariensis : self-esteem
Canary Grass : perseverence
Candytuft : indifference, diffidence, you may speak, but do not presume my heart is still whole
Canterbury Bell, blue : faithfulness, be not misled - I love you; white : acknowledgement, I received your gift and treasure it dearly
Cardamine : paternal error
Carnation : Pink : womanly affection; encouragement, Thank you for your charming token; Red : admiration, alas - my poor heart; passionate love, I must see you soon; Striped : refusal; White : pure, ardent chaste love; disdain; Purple : antipathy, capriciousness; Yellow : disdain
Cardinal Flower : distinction
Catchfly, red : youthful love; white : betrayal;  Dragon Plant : snare
Cedar : strength; Cedar of Lebanon : incorruptible; Cedar Leaf : I live for thee
Celandine : joys to come; Lesser : reawakening, let this harbinger of Spring tell you of my love
Centaury, Bluebottle : felicity, delicacy, I worship you from afar, being too timid to approach
Cerebus, Creeping : modest genius
Champignon : suspicion
Cherry Blossom : increase, to the ripening of our friendship; Tree (winter) : deception
Chervil, Garden : sincerity
Chestnut : luxury; Tree : do me justice
Chickweed : rendezvous
Chicory : frugality
Chrysanthemum : Red : love; White : truth; sincere words; I believe in you; Yellow : slighted love; bronze : friendship, I value your friendship - I cannot love you; Chinese : cheer in adversity
Cineraria : ever bright, delight, your company is delightful
Cinquefoil : maternal or sisterly affection, I regard you as a son or brother
Circaea : spell
Cistus Rock Rose : popular favor, you are acclaimed the Queen of Beauty; Crum : I die tomorrow
Citron : beauty with ill-humor
Clarkia : Will you dance with me, pleasure, your company is delightful
Cleavers Goose Grass : tenacity, I am determined to win your love
Clematis : ingenuity, intellectuality, I pay tribute to your brilliance and cleverness
Clover, four-leafed : be mine; Pink : injured dignity, do not trifle with me; red : industry, petition, will you be faithful to me; white : think of me, I will be true to you; good luck; Purple : provident
Cloves : dignity
Coboea : gossip
Cockscombe : affection
Coltsfoot : justice shall be done
Columbine : cuckoldry, deserted love; Purple : resolved to win; Red : anxious and trembling; White : folly, foolishness to press your attentions
Convolvulus : bonds, uncertainty; Major : extinguished hopes; Minor (Night) : Night; Pink : worth
sustained by judicious and tender affection; Bindweed, Greater : persistence, I cannot accept your answer; Smaller : humility, I abase myself, asking for your forgiveness
Corchorus : impatient of absence
Coreopsis : always cheerful; Arkansas : love at first sight - you have conquered me
Coriander : concealed merit, hidden worth, Do not judge too much by appearance
Corn : riches; broken : quarrels; Straw : agreement
Cornflower : healing, felicity; Corn Bottle : delicacy; don't over-impetuous, heart can't be stormed
Corn Cockle Cornel Tree : duration; gentility
Coronella : success crowns you with riches
Cowslip, Herb Paris : pensiveness, winning grace, winsome as the flowers of Spring; American : you are my divinity
Cranberry : hardness
Cress : stability; Indian : warlike, trophy
Crocus : abuse me not; Spring : youthful gladness, joy of youth, my heart beats with yours
Crown, Imperial : majesty, power
Crownhill : envy
Cuckoo, Print : ardor
Cudweed : ynceasing remembrance
Currants, Branch of : you please all; Flowering : presumption, we have nothing in common
Cuscuta : meanness
Cyclamen : indifference, diffidence, your protestations leave me unmoved
Cypress : death, despair, mourning