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in neglected gardens practically ell the year 
through. One “of the names by which our fathers 
called it was HEN’s INHERITANCE. 
(2) Mr. W. D. Miller tells me that the name is 
common to all the Cerastinms and Stellarias, and 
is applied more loosely still. 
(3) A considerable number of my _ corres- 
pondents give the name to the common Groundsel, 
Senecio vulgaris, well known as a valuable food 
for birds. 
(4) A correspondent at Axbridge gives it as _ 
a local neme—(Dr. Watson says a misncmer)— 
for the Scarlet Pimpernel. Anagallis arvensis. 
Rev. Hilderic Friend says the Chickweed has in 
some cases been confused with the Pimpcrnel. 
CHICORY. A very general name for the beauti- 
ful blue Wild Succory, Cichorium Intybus. 
CHILBLAIN BERRIES. The scarlet egg-shaped 
berries of the Black Bryony, Tamus communis. 
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. (1) A common name 
for the Virginia Stock, Malcolmia maritima, on 
account of its numerous small flowcrs. 
(2) In Wilts the name is given to a small 
garden variety of Campanula for the same reason. 
(3) Mr. Edward Vivian, of Trowbridge, tells 
me that a large number of people in that district 
give the name to the London Pride, Sazifraga 
umbrosa. 
CHILDREN’S CLOCK. Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. This p'ant is very commonly known 
by the name of ‘Clocks’ from the fact that 
children pretend to tell the time by counting the 
number of puffs of breath required to blow away 
all the downy seeds from the ripe seed-head. 
I have only had the prefix ‘‘ Caildren’s’”’ from 
Dunkerton. 
CHIMNEY BELL-FLOWER. Correspondents at 
Mucheiney and Stoke St. Gregory give me this 
as a local name for a Campanula, which I belicve 
to be Campanula pyramidalis. 
CHIMNEY Smock. The Wood Anemone, 
Anemone nemorosa. 
CHIMNEY SWEEP. (1) The Black-head Grass 
or Field Wood-iush, Luzula campestris. 
(2) Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata 
(East Somerset). 
(3) Hoary Plantain, P. media (Oakhill and 
South Petherton). 
(4) Small Knapweed, Centaurea nigra (Mud- | 
f ord). 
(5) Several correspondents at South Petherton 
give this as the lccal name for Timcthy grass, 
Phleum pratense. 
(6) Great Reed-mace. Typha latifolia, more 
commonly called BULRUSH (Mells). 
(7) Mr. H. A. Bending, of Shoscombe, gives it 
asa local name for the Sweet-scented Vernal-grass, 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. 
