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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
Button-hole Bouquets. 
Fig. 1.— BUTTON-HOLE BOUQUET. 
this, a name supposed to be derived from the 
German word for globe; so both the botanical 
A button-hole bouquet seems like a small 
matter in itself. The custom of wearing a 
boutonniere is very general in England and 
France, and is becoming common with us, and 
the making and selling of those insignificant 
Fig. 2.— -BUTTON-HOLE BOUQUET. 
of green is the prevailing style. Whatever the 
green, it should be one that does not wilt readily* 
Society for Promoting 
liberal gentlemen, the 
the disposal of 
of the Massachusetts 
Agriculture, and six 
sum of $1,100 is placed at 
the Society to be distributed 
in premiums. The Society’s 
silver medal and fifty dollars 
is offered for the first premi¬ 
um, and the Society’s bronze 
medal and twenty-five dollars 
as the second premium in the 
various classes—viz.: Largest 
and best collection of apples 
by any state or society, three 
of each variety. The same 
for the largest and best collec¬ 
tion grown by one individual. 
The same premiums — first 
and second—are offered for 
pears, native grapes, peach¬ 
es, and plums. Special pre¬ 
miums are offered for grapes 
grown "west of the Rocky 
Mountains, and the silver 
medal is offered for seedling 
apples, pears, plums, grapes, 
peaches, as well as for collec¬ 
tions of figs, oranges, lemons, 
raisins, dried fruits, and canned 
fruits. Those sending packages 
of fruit will direct them 
to the care of E. W. Buswell, 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, 
to whom application may 
be made for premium lists and 
programmes. A number of 
well known fruit-growers have 
promised to prepare essays 
for this meeting. We ven¬ 
ture to express the hope that 
they will be read only by title. 
It is a great waste of valu¬ 
able time to read essays which 
will be much better enjoyed and appreciated 
when printed in the report of the meeting. 
and the common name are derived from the 
globular form of the flowers of some of the 
species. A Globe-flower at first sight appears 
AMERICAN. 
GLOBE-FLOWERS. 
EUROPEAN, 
The Globe-flowers. 
The Globe-flowers belong to the genus Trol- 
much like a magnified Buttercup. It is related 
to the Buttercup, but there are marked differ¬ 
ences. That has a regular green calyx and col¬ 
ored petals, while in the Globe-flower what ap¬ 
pears to be the corolla is only a brightly colored 
calyx, and if we look for petals we shall find 
them within, so small and narrow that they are 
hardly to be distinguished from the stamens. 
The European Globe-flower (TrolliusEuropceus) 
is not a rare plant in our gardens; it is the one 
shown at the right-hand of the engraving. It 
blooms in May, and we keep a clump of it in 
the garden for its cheery appearance, as it 
comes at a season when yellow flowers are 
more welcome than they are in the hot days of 
August. It is a native of both Britain and the 
Continent, and is perfectly hardy, requiring no 
other care than to divide the clump when it gets 
too large. The Asiatic Globe-flower (T. Asiati¬ 
cs) is also in cultivation, and has orange-yellow 
flowers. We have also a native species, Trollius 
laxus ( T, Americanus of European books and 
catalogues), to which the name Globe-flower 
is inappropriate, as it is no more globular than 
a Buttercup. It is the smaller plant in the en¬ 
graving. We find it quite abundant in a swamp 
about ten miles from New York, but as a plant 
to cultivate it has but little interest. 
bouquets, which bring 10c. to 25c., according to 
the season, forms an important item in com¬ 
mercial horticulture. It is necessary that the 
flowers of which a button¬ 
hole bouquet is composed 
should be neat and pleasing, 
and be capable of retaining 
their freshness for several 
hours. We sometimes see in 
foreign journals lists of plants 
suitable for the purpose, and 
designs for making them up. 
The bouquets sold at the New 
York flower stores and by the 
flower girls are made up of 
such material as happens to 
be in season, there being no 
prevailing fashion other than 
to have violets when in season, 
and rose-buds at other times. 
In Boston, the bouquet is gen¬ 
erally made of a rose-bud and 
a bit of Myrsiphyllum, or 
“ Smilax ” as it is there called. 
There can be no better green 
for the purpose than this 
“Smilax” vine, it being bright 
in color, delicate in outline, 
and will last a whole day with¬ 
out withering. Boston is cele¬ 
brated for the excellence of its 
rose-buds, and with a Boston 
rose-bud and a bit of the 
“Boston-vine,” as some New 
York florists call the Myrsi- 
pbyllum, a most perfect but¬ 
ton-hole bouquet is made. In 
figure 1 we give a bouquet 
made of these alone, and in 
figure 2 one made of the same 
with two small sprays of As- 
tilbe Japonica added. The 
Boston flower dealers make up these little 
bouquets by wrapping the stems with a small 
bit of tin-foil; they keep a paper of pins at 
hand, and when one buys a bouquet they put 
it in the button-hole and secure it for him—an 
attention we have not noticed in other cities. 
Later in the season, a Tuberose flower with a bit 
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