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(5) From several parts of Somerset corres- 
pondents tell me the name is given to the Red 
Campion, Lychnis dioica. 
(6) From several districts in North Somerset 
I hear the name is given to the Ragged Robin, 
Lychnis Flos-cuculi ; and the Rev. Hilderic Friend 
says the name is given to this flower in Devon, 
although not commonly so; but it is the only 
name for the plant in some parts of Sussex. 
(7) Several young people at Thorne St. 
Margaret tell me that in that district the Peri- 
winkle, Vinca major or V. minor, is known by this 
name. 
(8) The Wall Pennywort, Cotyledon Umbilicus- 
Veneris. 
(9) Meadow Crowfoot, Ranunculus  acris, 
and other Buttercups. > 
(10) The burrs of the Burdock, Arctiwm 
majus. 
(11) The Corn Bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
(12) Several correspondents at Bradford-on- 
Tone tell me the name is in that district applied 
to the common Tansy, TYanacetum vulgare. 
(18) The Japenese shrub Kerria (or Cor- 
chorus), japonica, popularly known in the West 
of England as the Yellow Rose. 
(14). The Chrysanthemum. The old-fashioned 
variety (now seldom seen), bearing bunches of 
small button-shaped, dark red or yellow flowers. 
Name in general use in neighbourhood of Wel- 
lington. 
BACHELOR’S PILLAR, given me by a young 
person at Otterhampton as a local name for the 
Ice plant Mesembryanthemum, but probably there 
is some confusion between this and the following 
name :— 
BACHELOR’S PILLOW, given me by a corres- 
pondent at Wambrook as the local name for the 
prickly Cactus. 
Bacon. A correspondent at Leigh-on-Mendip 
informs me that this name is given in that district 
to the ‘young shoots of the Wild Rose, Rosa 
canina. 
Bacon AND Eacs. (1) The Jonquil, Nar- 
cissus Jonquilla, and also other kinds of 
Narcissus. 
(2) The Water Crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis. 
(3) Yellow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris (N.W. 
and S.W. Wilts). 
BACON-WEED. White Goosefoot, Chenopodiim 
album (Dorset). 
Back TO Back. Several young people at 
Axbridge give me this name for the Pansy, Viola 
tricolor. 
Bap Luck BEerRRIEs. Elder Berries, Sambucus 
nigra. I have this name only from one young 
person at Draycott. I know no reason for the 
name except possibly the tradition that it was 
upon an Elder tree that Judas hanged himself. 
