Within a Budding Grove (vol II pp 241-51) Notes for February 2011

p 242 | Grebe:  a diving bird without webbed feet. Really nice photo of a French grebe is here; look at the large size to see feather details. 

p 242 | Cockade : a badge on a hat; more pictures here. 

p 243 | 1928 lithograph advertising Maitre Fleurs Naturelles, an important Parisian florist of the day. 

p 244 | LACHAUME was -- and still is -- one of the important florists in Paris. Probably as expensive as Odette said... [

p 246 | Lohengrin is an opera by Richard Wagner (wiki). Here's a synopsis of Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera House website.