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(2) Several correspondents in Dorset give it 
as a local name for Phlox. 
Both plants are also known as SUMMER 
FAREWELL, which see. 
FARMERS’ Chocks. A Taunton correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Dandelion, 
Taraxacum officinale. 
FARMER’S WEATHER-GLASS. Mr. W. S. Price 
gives me this as a local name for the Scarlet 
Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis in the Wellington 
and Milverton district. More generally known as 
PooR MAN’s or SHEPHERD’S WEATHER-GLASS. 
Fat Beiutes. Bladder Campion, Silene talifolia 
(Nettlecombe). 
Fat Hen. (1) A fairly general name for the 
White Goosefoot, Chenopodium album. — 
(2) A Taunton correspondent gives it as a 
local name for Polygonum Persicaria. Dr. 
Watson telis me this is due to confusion between 
the two plants which often grow together. 
FATHER BIG-FACE. A correspondert at Hver- 
creech gives me this as a local name for the 
Nodding (or Musk) Thistle, Carduus nutans. 
FATHER Time. Wild Clematis or Traveller’s 
Joy, Clematis Vitalba, in seed ; generally called in 
East Somerset and Dorset OLD MAN’S BEARD. 
FAaTHERY Ham. In Chap. 16 of “Clara 
Vaughan,” Mr. R. D. Blackmore applies this vame 
to the Valerian. 
FEATHER FERN. Spircea Japonica, on account 
of its gracef 1 feathery bunches cf flowers (Rev. 
H. Frievd). 
FEATHER FEW, Fok, or FoLp. Common 
Feverfew, Chrysanthemum Parthenium. This 
name—written ard proao.nsed in an almost 
endless variet., of ways—is really a corruption of 
Febrifuge (Lat. febris fuga=what puts fever to 
flight); or possibly, as Dr. Prior suggests, 
from confusion with the name FEATHER-FOIL, 
which see. Dr. Watson writes me :—‘‘ No doubt 
confusion has occurred. No doubt Febrifuge 
(= fever fly-away) is the origin of Feverfew, 
but probably the name of Featherfoil (= feathery 
leaves) has really been applied to the plant, and 
is so still in the north in places where the Water 
Violet is unknown.” 
FEATHER-FoIL. (1) The Water Violet, Hottonia 
palustris. The popular name means feathery leaf, 
in reference to the finely divided leaves of the 
plant. 
(2) Miss M. J. Shute tells me that in Devon 
this name is given to a Common Chamomile, 
very aromatic. 
FEATHERS. (1) Pampas Grass, Gyneriwm 
argenteum. 
