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 propagated only by cuttings. I have noticed 
that the large-flowering Nasturtiums produce a greater 
profusion of bloom in light soil, than they do in that which 
is very rich; but the plants are more dwarfish. 
There are many beautiful species and varieties of Tro- 
peolum, which are suitable only for the green-house or 
stove. 
TROLLIUS,—Guose-FLower. 
(Name derived from an old German word, signifying something round, in al- 
lusion to the globular form of the flower.] 
Tréllius Europ#us.—Globe-Flower, also called Globe 
Ranunculus and Globe Crow-foot.—The 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 Linnezus, “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 perennial 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 
with 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.” 
