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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. Vergil—Georgics. II. 490.

CEDAR Cedrus

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = O'er yon bare knoll the pointed cedar shadows Drowse on the crisp, gray moss. | author = Lowell | work = An Indian-Summer Reverie. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 91 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge. Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 11. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 91 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = High on a hill a goodly Cedar grewe, Of wond'rous length and straight proportion, That farre abroad her daintie odours threwe; 'Mongst all the daughters of proud Libanon, Her match in beautie was not anie one. Spenser—Visions of the World's Vanitie. St. 7.

CELANDINE Chelidonium

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 91 }}