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B* DocTor’s Love. <A Bridgwater schoolmaster 
gives me this as a local name for the Goosegrass 
or Cleavers, Galium Aparine. 
Doctor’s MEDICINE. (1) A Taunton corres- 
pondent gives me this as a local name for the 
Bramble, Rubus fruticosus. 
(2) A correspondent at West Coker gives it 
as a local name for the leaves of the Dock, Rumex 
-obtusifolius. 
DoEs My MorTHER WANT ME? A correspon- 
dent at Shoscombe, near Bath, gives me this as 
a local name for the Rye-grass or Eaver, Lolium 
perenne, sometimes called TINKER TAILOR GRASS, 
because girls seek to discover the occupations of 
their future husbands, and to answer many other 
‘questions by the number of spikelets. 
DoGBANE. The general English name of the 
genus Apocynum (from apo=away, and kyon=a 
dog; adopted by Dioscorides because the plant 
was supposed to be poisonous to dogs), but a 
correspondent at Compton (between Yeovil and 
Sherborne) gives it as a local name for the Hen- 
bane, Hyoscyamus niger. 
DoG BERRY or DoG CHERRY. The fruit of the 
Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. 
DoGc Cocks. Wild Arum or Cuckoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum (N.W. Wilts). 
Doc Daisy. (1) A fairly general name for 
the Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. 
(2) A Watchet correspondent gives it as a 
local name for. the Chamomile, by which he 
probably means Matricaria Chamomilla. 
DoG DRAKE. A correspondent at Kimmeridge 
(Dorset) gives me this as a local name for the 
Privet, Ligustrum vulgare. 
Doc FLOWER. A _ correspondent at Glaston- 
bury gives me this as a local name for the Dog’s 
Mercury, Mercurialis perennis. 
DoG Poison. <A correspondent at Axminster 
gives me this as a local name for the Fool’s 
Parsley, Hthusa Cynapium. 
Doe’s CHERRIES. The brilliantly coloured 
fruits of the Red-berried (or White) Bryony, 
Bryonia dioica. See DoG BERRY. 
Doa’s. CoLE. Dog’s Mercury, JJlercurialis 
perennis, 
DoG Rosz. <A correspondent at Babeary tells 
me that this name (which is almost everywhere 
given to the Wild Rose) is given in that district 
to the Guelder Rose, Viburnum Opulus. 
Docs bp’ BARK. Snapdragon, <Antirrhinum 
qmajus (Keinton Mandeville). 
DoG’s DIBBLE. Wild A*um or Cuckoo Pint, 
Arum maculatum (North Devon), 
