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CANARY Foop. A common name throughout 
the district for (1) the Plantain, as above. 
(2) Common Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris. 
CANARY GRass. Phalaris Canariensis, a grass * 
of the Canary Islands cultivated for its seeds. 
CANARY SEED. Plantain and Groundsel, as 
above. 
CANDLE BERRIES. (1) Wax Myrtle, or Com- 
mon Candleberry Myrtle, Myrica cerifera, a 
native of Canada, introduced in 1699, and since 
grown in English gardens. Its round bo.y nuts 
are covered with white wax, and are often 
gathered and used for making candles. 
(2) Sweet Gale or Bog Myrtle, Myrica Gale, 
which grows freely on our Somerset peat moors ; 
its catkins produce a quantity of wax, though 
not nearly so much as the species mentioned 
above. 
CANDLEMAS BeEtis. Snowdrop, Galantaus 
nivalis (N.W. Wilts and Gios.). 
CANDLEMAS Caps. The Wood Anemone, 
Anemone nemorosa. 
CANDLE PLANT. <A _ correspondent gives me 
this as a local name fer “‘a variety cf cactus, 
having long cylincrical leaves, resembling small 
candles in shape, formerly often grown in cottage 
windows in West Somerset.’ I fancy he must 
mean the succulent plant, Kleinia articulata, 
which I have grown myseif, and have frequently 
heard called the Candle Plant. It has cylindrical 
stalks, which very easily break off at the curicus 
joints, to which 1t owes its specific name. The 
leaves are not unlike small ivy leaves in shape. 
CANDLES. (1) Biting Stonecrop, Sedum acre. 
(2) Flowers of Horse Chestnut, dseulus 
Hippocastanum. See CHRISTMAS CANDLES. 
(3) <A correspondent at Melbury Osmond gives 
me this as a local name for the Meadow Sage, 
Salvia pratensis, which is a very rare plant, not 
found in this part of England. It is probable 
the plant she really meant was the Wild Sage, 
S. Verbenaca. ; 
CANDLE-sTICKs. (1) A name frequently given 
in Dorset to the Early Purple Orchis, Orchis 
mascula. 
(2) Biting Stone-crop, Sedum acre (Leigh-on- 
Mendip). 
(3) The Iris (Pawlett). 
(4) Herb Robert. Geranium Robertianum 
(Kimmeridge, Dorset). 
CANDLEWICK. Great Mullein, Verbascum 
Thapsus (Wimborne). 
Canpock. (1) Miss Audrey Vivian, of Trow- 
bridge, tells me this is a common name in that 
district for the Dog-grass. Exactly what is 
