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flower which sbe believes to be the Verbena. 
Dr. Watson tells me that ‘‘ Snow oa the Moun- 
tain ’’ has a blue form as well as a white, and he 
believes he has heard this called BLUE SNOW- 
ON-THE-MOUNTAIN in Somerset. 
BLUE PoIson. A correspondent at Watchet 
gives me this as a local nam» for the Privet, 
Ligustrum vulgare. 
BLUE Poppy. Correspondents at Martock and 
North Petherton give this as a local name for the 
Cornflower or Biuebottle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
BLUE Rosins. Borage, Borago officinalis 
(Evercreech). 
BLUE Rocket. Monkshood, Aconitum Napellus.. 
BLUE SHIRTS. Periwinkle, Vinca (Over 
Stowey). 
BiuE Smock. Periwinkle, Vinca (Martock, 
Wiveliscombe, and High Ham). 
BLUE Star. Periwinkle, Vinca (Winsham and 
East Devon). 
BLUE THISTLE. Viper’s Bagloss, Echium vul- 
gare (Allerfovd). 
BiLUE TRuMPETS. Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell 
Scilla non-scriptz (Hatch Beauchamp). 
BLUE WARRIOR. Meadow Crane’s-bill, Ger- 
anium pratense (Dunkerton). 
BLUE WEED. Viper’s Bugloss, Echium vulgare 
BLUNDER-BUSS. Double Pink, Dianthus Cary- 
ophylius (Sampford Arundel). 
Boar-DIstLE (or THISTLE). Spear Piume 
Thistie, Cxicus lanceolatus. Mt. E!worthy says 
‘* Probably this is a corruption of Bur-thistle, 
induced by the coarse rank growth of this variety 
—hence no doubt having become boar, it has 
developed into bull-thistie.’”’ Holloway says the 
plant owes its popular name to the fact that it 
has very strong prickles, and is so called in opposi- 
tion to the Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis, which 
has weaker prickies. 
Boats. (1) Sweet Pea, Lathyrus odoratus 
(Taunton). 
(2) Seeds of the Maple, Acer campestre (Stal- 
b-idge). > 
Bopsises. (1) Ribwort Plaatain, Plantago 
lanceolata (Paddletown, Dorset). 
- (2) Herb Robert, Geraniwm Robertianum (Stal- 
bridge). 
- Bospsins. Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lance- 
olata (Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset). 
Bossy Buttons. A correspondent at Watchet 
gives me this as the local name for 
(1) Goosegrass or Cleavers, Galiwm Aparine. 
(2) The Burdock, Arctium majus. 
