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Page xii
... kind which we possess , although published as long ago as 1793 ; and this notwithstanding the appear- ance of others of more recent date . It is , however , somewhat remarkable that at least three botanists of note have at different ...
... kind which we possess , although published as long ago as 1793 ; and this notwithstanding the appear- ance of others of more recent date . It is , however , somewhat remarkable that at least three botanists of note have at different ...
Page xvii
... kind of Chestnut . Dog and toad very often mean that which is worthless or spurious , as in the case of Dog Violet , a violet which is worthless , from having no perfume like the real violet ; Dog - elder , a shrub which superficially ...
... kind of Chestnut . Dog and toad very often mean that which is worthless or spurious , as in the case of Dog Violet , a violet which is worthless , from having no perfume like the real violet ; Dog - elder , a shrub which superficially ...
Page xix
... kind of soil in which they grow , or to the fact that they are plants which greatly injure the farmer by impoverishing the soil , that a long list might be cited of what may be said to form a distinct class of " poverty plants . " There ...
... kind of soil in which they grow , or to the fact that they are plants which greatly injure the farmer by impoverishing the soil , that a long list might be cited of what may be said to form a distinct class of " poverty plants . " There ...
Page xx
... from more pressing duties : and it is their hope that it will at any rate serve as a contribution to any work of the kind which the future may have in store . xxi BIBLIOGRAPHY . THE following is a list of the XX INTRODUCTION .
... from more pressing duties : and it is their hope that it will at any rate serve as a contribution to any work of the kind which the future may have in store . xxi BIBLIOGRAPHY . THE following is a list of the XX INTRODUCTION .
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... kind of willow .'- Hal . Wr . Probably a cor- ruption of Abrahams - boom , a Dutch name for Vitex Agnus - castus , L. , given by Dodoens . Abrecock , an apricot . - Ger . Hal . The form abricock is still in use in Somersetshire .'- Wr ...
... kind of willow .'- Hal . Wr . Probably a cor- ruption of Abrahams - boom , a Dutch name for Vitex Agnus - castus , L. , given by Dodoens . Abrecock , an apricot . - Ger . Hal . The form abricock is still in use in Somersetshire .'- Wr ...
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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.