And another question - same librarian (this is all in connection with the gallery exhibition on bulbs this fall, in case you wondered why I'm emulating Kipling's insatiably curious elephant child) mentioned something about when were bouquets were first brought into the home. ? Of course we are all familiar with the splendid Dutch master paintings featuring tulips and crown imperial (powerful aroma, those bouquets), peonies and more flowers. But something must have preceded these. Western traditions, I'm not involving myself with ikebana. Does anyone have any idea of when posies were first brought indoors? Curiouser and curiouser. Judy in New jersey, who is of the "stuff them in a vase and hope things don't fall over" school of flower arranging