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FAIRIES’ UMBRELLA. A_ correspondent at 
Combe St. Nicholas gives this as a local name fo1 
the Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. See 
also Farry UMBRELLA. 
FAIRIES’ WAND. (1) Miss Ella Ford, of 
Melpiasb (Dorset), gives this as a local name for the 
Agrimony, Agrimonia Eupatoria. 
(2) A correspondent at Nettlecombe gives it 
as a local name for the Great Muilein, Verbascum 
Thapsus. 
FAIRIES’ WINDFLOWER. A vorrespondent at 
Chideock (Dorset) gives this as a local name for 
the Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa. 
FAIRIES’ WINE-CUPS.—The small Bindweed. 
Convolvulus arvensis (North Cheriton). 
FarR MarIps oF FEBRUARY. (1) A _ very 
general name for the Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. 
(2) Several correspondents at Dunster give 
it as a local name for the Narcissus. 
FAIR MAIDSOF FRANCE. (1) Mrs. Lansdowne, of 
Over Stowey, gives me this as a local name for 
the Marguerite Daisy cr Ox-eye, Chrysanthemum 
Levcanthemum. 
Mr. T. W. Cowan tells me that the name is 
also given to 
(2) Ranunculus aconitifolius. 
(3) The White Mountain Saxifrage, Saxifraga 
granulata. 
(4) The Sneeze-wort Yarrow, Achillea Piar- 
mica. 
Farry BELLS. (1) A number of correspon- 
dents at Soutr Petherton and in other districts 
give this as a local name for the Foxglove, 
Digitalis purpurea. ° 
(2) The Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. 
(3) The Cowslip, Primula veris (Bradiord-on- 
(4) Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, Scilla non- 
scripta (Evercreech and Camerton). 
(5) A correspondent at Cerne Abbas gives it 
as a local pame for the Daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo- 
Narcissus. 
(6) A correspondent at Stockland (Devon) 
gives it as a local name for the Wood Sorrel, 
Oxalis Acetosella. See FAIRIES’ BELLs. 
Farry Boats. A Taunton correspondent gives 
me .bis as a local name fo: the Water Lily, 
Nymphea lutea. 
Fatry Bubp. A _ school-boy at West Coker 
gives me this as a 1] cal neme for the “ Deadly 
Nightshade,” by which he probably means the t 
Woody Nightshade, Solanum D.leamara. * 
Farry Cap. (1) The Foxglove, Digitalis pur- 
purea (Tauntoi., uver Stowey, Dowlish Wake, and 
oth districts). 
(2) The MHarebell, Campanula rotundifolia 
(Trowbridge). 
