DOUBLE BUTTEBCUP. 



RfdiwicuJus aci'is, JL pi. 



VAKIETY (,f Ixiehelor's but- 

 tons is to Le found in Queen 

 Flora's wardrobe, but all 

 alike are adapted to make 

 gallants look ^-ay. The com- 

 mon scabious [Scabiusa suc- 

 cisii) is a blue bachelor's but- 

 ton ; and the white campion 

 (Lijcliiiix divica) otters us 

 Ijoth white and rose-coloured 

 l)uttons, so constructed that 

 (hey can jje fitted into a 

 small button-hole, and will 

 remain there without rc- 

 Huiring to lie sewn on. 

 But the flower before us is 

 ihc real SinK.m Pure, and 

 carries srold enouijh to "ild 

 all the rest. 



There are three British 

 sjiecies of buttercup, so nearly 

 alike that a young botanist may be pardoned for not soon 

 ])erceiving' the characters that distinguish them. The 

 earliest to flower is Rajtiinculiis htilbosiis, which has a 



