Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

Butterflies are self propelled flowers.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought --
But no, a butterfly.

He told her the flowers in her painting contained exactly the purple substance of the flowers on the desk in front of her [...] Let us open the window and see if your painting can entice the butterflies.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.