CENTAURY 
(Erythrcea centaurium ) 
Delicacy. 
He shall grow up before Him as 
a tender plant, . . He was des¬ 
pised, and we esteemed Him not. 
Isaiah liii. 2, 3. 
NIGHT-BLOOMING 
CEREUS (Cerens grandiflorus) 
Transient Beauty. 
Thou makest his beauty to con¬ 
sume away like a moth : surely 
every man is vanity. 
Psalms xxxix. n. 
CHERRY TREE 
( 1 Cerasus vulgaris) 
Education. 
Train up a child in the way he 
should go : and when he is old, he 
will not depart from it. 
Proverbs xxii. 6. 
CHERVIL 
(Chierophylluvi sativum) 
Sincerity. 
Grace be with all them that love 
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 
Ephesians vi. 24. 
HORSE 
CHESTNUT 
(.Esculus Hippocastanuni) 
Luxury. 
Every man also to whom God 
hath given riches and wealth . . 
this is the gift of God. 
Ecclesiastes v. 19. 
SPANISH 
CHESTNUT ( Castanea vesca) 
Do me justice. 
What doth the Lord require of 
thee, but to do justly, and to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with 
thy God ? Micah vi. 8. 
CHICORY see Endive 
CHICKWEED ( Alsine ) 
Place of meeting. 
Where two or three are gathered 
together in My name, there am I 
in the midst of them. 
St. Matthew xviii. 20. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
(Pyretiirum sinense) 
Truth. 
I am the way, the truth, and the 
life. St. John xiv. 6. 
Ye shall know the truth, and the 
truth shall make you free. 
St. John viii. 32. 
CINERARIA (Cineraria) 
Delightful always. 
His delight is in the law of the 
Lord; and in His law doth he 
meditate day and night. 
Psalms i. 2. 
CINQUEFOIL 
(Potentillu rcptans) 
Maternal affection. 
Can a woman forget her sucking 
child ? . . yea, they may forget, yet 
will I not forget thee. 
Isaiah xlix. 15. 
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