horse

Marigold

horse

horse

Notable quotes

“The seeds of Calendula, Marygold, bend up like a hairy caterpillar, with their prickles bridling outwards, and may thus deter some birds or insects from preying upon them.”
— Erasmus Darwin, "The Loves of the Plants", IV, The Botanic Garden (London: J. Johnson, 1791)
“The leafy, sun-warmed countryside of the Ukraine sped past. At the foot of every signal box, the ground was yellow with marigolds. You could smell them even in the train.”
— Konstantin Paustovsky, Story of a Life II: Slow Approach of Thunder (Manya Harari & Michael Duncan, tr., 1964)
“These flowers stink as bad, or worse, than the French Marygolds. . . .”
— William Hanbury, on the African marigold; quoted by Robert L. Crowell, The Lore & Legends of Flowers (1982), p. 69

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.