If she presents boutonnieres to the best man and the ushers, they should appear at her house before the ceremony and have her place them in the lapel of their coats.
"The Book of Good Manners"
W. C. Green
A number of small bouquets and boutonnieres are placed upon a table or in a basket.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
"They look more like boutonnieres," says I. But he goes on to tell as how they'd just been set out and wouldn't be life-size till fall.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford