18 THR FLORA OF WALKS. 



Anglesey, the work may almost be described as a book on the flora 

 of that county. Its scope may, however, be more precisely under- 

 stood by reference to its full title, which is given in the list below. 



The author acknowledges his indebtedness, so far as the Welsh 

 portion of his work is concerned, to Dr. John Davies's list, '• great 

 assistance having been (also) obtained from Medih/gon Mijddfai (from. 

 whence indeed Dr. Davies took most of his) and the Arch^eologia 

 Britannica of Edward Lhuyd." 



Welsh lists of plant-names have also appeared in works on the 

 flora of Llanrwst and Llanbrynmair, particulars of both of which 

 are given below. 



Some notes on the medicinal uses of a plant known as " Dail 

 llosg y tan" (Scolopendrlum vuhjare) may be found in the Phytologist 

 for 1844 (vol. i., pp. 521, 582, 589). 



Of herbals written in the Welsh language the best-known are 

 the following : — 



(1.) " Herbal, neu Lysieu-Lyfr D. T. Jones, Llanllyfni." This 

 work, which is said to be largely based on Culpepper, was brought 

 out in three parts in 1817, and a 2nd edition was issued in 1818 

 from Carnarvon (12mo). A 3rd edition, considerably enlarged and 

 with over a hundred illustrations, was brought out about 1862, 

 under the title " Llyfr Dail yr hen Dr. David T. Jones, Llanllyfni. 

 Y Llysieu-lyfr Teuluaidd .... gan yr enwog Nicholas Culpepper 

 a Dr. Parkins, a'i gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg gan David Thomas Jones, 

 Llanllyfni" (Caernarfon, 16mo, pp. 289). Appended to this edition, 

 but with a separate pagination (pp. 112), there Avas published another 

 work, ''Llysieuaeth Feddygol; yn cynwys Rhinweddau lachaol 

 oddeutu tri chant o Lysiau .... Gan y diweddar Thomas Parry, 

 Glanygors, Tre'rgarth, ger Bangor." 



(2.) A translation of the 7th edition of Coffin's "Botanic Guide 

 to Health " was issued in 1849, under the title " Arweinydd Llysieuol 

 i lechyd," &c. (Manchester, 12mo). 



(8.) The best work of this kind, however, is a " Family Herbal," 

 by the Eevs. Rees Price, Cwmllynfell [1807-1869] , and Evan 

 Griffiths, Swansea [1794-1873] , published in 1849 under the title 

 *' Y Llysieu-lyfr Teuluaidd, yn Ddwy Ran : y rhan cyntaf yn 

 traethu ar brif lysiau Cymru, y lleoedd maent yn tyfu, eu hamserau, 

 eu dulliau, a'u rhinweddau. Yr ail ran yn traethu ar y prif 

 Glefydau .... ynghyd a chyfarwyddiadan i'w iachau" (Swansea, 

 8vo, pp. 160, with 31 coloured plates). These works, as their titles 

 suggest, are mainly officinal, but they are also valuable as giving 

 various local Welsh names for the plants referred to in them. 

 There are also numerous Welsh books on Veterinary Practice, and 

 herbal prescriptions are a feature of almost all of them. 



An excellent illustrated handbook to the scientific study of 

 botany has just been issued in Welsh, under the title "Gwersi 

 mewn Llysieueg gan George Rees. (Gyda Lliaws o Ddarluniau). 

 Pris Haner-Coron. Aberystwith : Argaffwyd yn Swyddfa'r ' Cam- 

 brian News,' 1896." (8vo, pp. 148.) An index of the plants 

 referred to, giving their Welsh and English names, is appended to 

 the work. 



