370 breck's new book of flowers. 



bloomers ; but they will not compare in beauty with the 

 single varieties, when examined singly. They are so con- 

 torted and mis-shapen, and filled up with twisted petals, 

 that a person, who had never before seen one, would 

 think it almost anything but a Nasturtium. These 

 varieties are joropagated only by cuttings. I have noticed 

 that the large-flowering Nasturtiums produce a greater 

 l^rofusion of bloom in light soil, than they do in that which 

 is very rich ; but the plants are more dwarfish. 



Theie are many beautiful species and varieties of Tro- 

 paeolum, which are suitable only for the green-house or 

 stove. 



TROLLITJS.— Globe-Flower. 



[Name derived from an old German word, signifying something round, in al- 

 lusion to tlie globular form of llie flower.] 



Trollius Europaeus. — Globe-FIower, also called Globe 

 Ranunculus and Globe Crow-foot. — Tlie petals being al- 

 ways inflected at the tip, and never expanded, they form 

 a complete globe. 



The European Globe-flower is a native of most parts 

 of Europe, growing in moist shady places. "This splen- 

 did flower," says Linnaeus, "adorns the pavement of the 

 rustics on festal days." It is a bright-yellow flower, 

 blooming in June and July ; two feet high. A hardy or- 

 namental pereimial of easiest culture, preferring a moist 

 rich soil. Propagated by dividing the roots in August. 

 Martyn, in his edition of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, 

 says : — " In Westmoreland these flowers are collected 

 Avith great festivity, by the youth of both sexes, at the 

 beginning of June ; about which time it is usual to see 

 them returning from the woods in an evening, laden with 

 them, to adorn their doors and cottages with wreaths and 

 garlands.'' 



