Carl Linnaeus Quote

The organs of generation, which in the animal kingdom are by nature generally removed from sight, in the vegetable kingdom are exposed to the eyes of all, and that when their nuptials are celebrated, it is wonderful what delight they afford to the spectator by their most beautiful colors and delicious odors.

Oeconomia naturae, Amoenitates Academicae, Volume 2, 1752 (p. 16)