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CATCHFLY. 



SILENE. 



CARYOPHYLLE^E. DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



French, le cornillet ; attrape raouche [catch fly.] 



This plant is covered with a glutinous moisture, from 

 which flies, happening to light upon it, cannot disengage 

 themselves. This circumstance has obtained it the name 

 of Catchfly; to which Gerarde adds the name of Limewort. 



If the seeds are sown in the autumn, separately, in pots 

 about six inches in diameter, and in a dry soil, they will 

 grow without further attention. They will bear the open 

 air ; and, unless in very dry weather, will not need water- 

 ing. These directions will serve for nearly all the kinds, 

 of which there are upwards of sixty. There are, however, 

 two exceptions : the Dark-flowered and the Waved-leaved 

 species, which require a stove. 



CELANDINE. 



CHELIDONIUM. 



PAPAVERACE^. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



The name of this plant is derived from the Greek;, and signifies a 

 swallow. It is not so named, as some have supposed, from its coming 

 and going with the swallow; hut, according to Gerarde, from an 

 opinion which prevailed among the country-people, that the old swal- 

 lows used it to restore sight to their young ivhen their eyes were out. 

 For the same reason it is also called Swallowwort. 



The Sea Celandine, or Yellow Horned Poppy (called 

 also Bruisewort), is a flower common to every part of 

 Europe, growing on sandy soils, chiefly by the sea-shore. 



