A Dictionary of English Plant-names, Part 1 |
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... fern , Polypodium vulgare , L.- Hants . It will be ob- served that most of the plants connected with the adder ... Ferns . - Adder's tongue , ( 1 ) Ophioglossum vulgatum , L. - Turn . Names . Hal . Wr . ' Because out of every leaf it ...
... fern , Polypodium vulgare , L.- Hants . It will be ob- served that most of the plants connected with the adder ... Ferns . - Adder's tongue , ( 1 ) Ophioglossum vulgatum , L. - Turn . Names . Hal . Wr . ' Because out of every leaf it ...
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... fern . " From Nephrodium Filix - mas , Rich . - Corn .; Hants . the hollow basket - like form in which the fronds grow up . Bass . ( 1 ) Scirpus lacustris , L. - Cumb . According to Kennett , the term is also applied to " a collar for ...
... fern . " From Nephrodium Filix - mas , Rich . - Corn .; Hants . the hollow basket - like form in which the fronds grow up . Bass . ( 1 ) Scirpus lacustris , L. - Cumb . According to Kennett , the term is also applied to " a collar for ...
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... Fern . Polypodium Phegopteris , L.-W. Cumb . The common book name for this species , in reference to its specific name . Beechwheat Polygonum Fagopyrum , L. - Under this heading Nem- nich has the following_extract : The English term ...
... Fern . Polypodium Phegopteris , L.-W. Cumb . The common book name for this species , in reference to its specific name . Beechwheat Polygonum Fagopyrum , L. - Under this heading Nem- nich has the following_extract : The English term ...
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... Fern . Cystopteris fragilis , Latin generic name . Prior , p . 24 . - translation of the Bladder Herb . Physalis Alkekengi , L. - From its inflated calyx , from which it was supposed to be useful in diseases of the bladder . Prior , p ...
... Fern . Cystopteris fragilis , Latin generic name . Prior , p . 24 . - translation of the Bladder Herb . Physalis Alkekengi , L. - From its inflated calyx , from which it was supposed to be useful in diseases of the bladder . Prior , p ...
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... Fern . A book - name for various species of Nephrodium . Boston . In the Inventory of goods of the Guild of the B. V. Mary of Boston ( Linc . ) , 1534 , occurs : ' Itm , an altar cloth of red silke powtheryd wt flowres called boston ...
... Fern . A book - name for various species of Nephrodium . Boston . In the Inventory of goods of the Guild of the B. V. Mary of Boston ( Linc . ) , 1534 , occurs : ' Itm , an altar cloth of red silke powtheryd wt flowres called boston ...
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applied Appx arvensis assigns Bell Black Blue book-name Bord Bucks called Ches Cleveland Coles common Convolvulus Corn corruption Cotyledon Umbilicus Cumb Dors E. D. S. Gloss English Fern Flora flowers French Friend fruit Galium garden given gives Glou Grass Ground grows Hants Herb Herball Holl Horse intended Ireland Jamieson Kent kind known L.-Ches L.-Cumb L.-Hants L.-Lyte L.-Prior L.-Scotl L.-Turn L.-With Lanc Latin leaves Linc London Lotus corniculatus Lychnis Lyte meaning Nhamp nigra Norf North officinalis Orchis palustris Park perhaps places plant Polygonum Prior probably Ranunculus refers repens resemblance root Rose says Science Gossip Scotl seeds seems species spells spelt Suff Suss Sweet sylvestris Theatr Thistle translation tree Turn usually variety Various species Vect vulgaris Warw Water weed Whitby White Wild Willow Yellow
Popular passages
Page 144 - Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them...
Page 255 - The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil: Unknown, and like esteemed, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon; And yet more med'cinal is it than that Moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave.
Page 203 - Gethsemane,' is said to have been growing at the foot of the cross, and to have received some drops of blood on its leaves. Hence the dark stains by which they have ever since been marked ; just as
Page 254 - Their oaten pipes blew wondrous shrill. The hemlock small blew clear; And louder notes from hemlock large, And bog-reed, struck the ear; But solemn sounds, or sober thoughts, The Fairies cannot bear.
Page xxvi - ON THE POPULAR NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS. Being an Explanation of the Origin and Meaning of the names of our indigenous and most commonly cultivated species.
Page 50 - When the blewart bears a pearl, And the daisy turns a pea, And the bonnie lucken gowan Has fauldit up...
Page 98 - The sitting down, when school was o'er, Upon the threshold of the door, Picking from mallows, sport to please, Each crumpled seed he...
Page 204 - Kapvo<f>v\\ov, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems to have been used in flavouring wines to replace the more costly clove of India. The name was originally given in Italy to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the carnation, but has in England been transferred of late years to several cruciferous plants.