AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



the latter having the word "yellow" prefixed to 

 the name. But the name applies to still another 

 species, it appears, not so far noticed in any of the 

 books. Two charming young ladies of my 

 acquaintance were on one occasion going to a 

 college base-ball game, and at the last moment 

 found that no provision had been made for 

 flowers to show their loyalty to old Yale. A 

 corsage of dark-blue flowers they must have, and 

 ringing for a messenger-boy, they instructed him 

 to purchase for them two dollars' worth of" Bache- 

 lor's Buttons." The boy was gone an uncon- 

 scionable long time, and the young ladies were 

 almost in despair, when at the last moment he 

 appeared bearing the longed-for package. It 

 looked odd in shape and size, however, and they 

 opened it with some misgiving. Their amazement 

 may be imagined when they found therein only 

 a number of small boxes containing those patent 

 buttons which may be fastened upon shoes or 

 trousers without the aid of needle or thread. 



Originally, bearing a single dark blue flower, 

 many other colors of the Cornflower have been 

 produced by selection, and we can now obtain 

 white, rose, light blue, and dark purple, with 

 varieties striped and mottled, and also double 



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