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(13) Rev. Hilderic Friend gives it asa Devon- 
shire name for the Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium 
Calceolus. Mr. W. D. Miller writes : ‘“‘ Not one 
person in 10,000 in Devon can ever have seen the 
Cypripedium. Undoubtedly Lotus corniculatus is 
meant.” 
FINGERS AND Togs. Two correspoadents a 
Axminster give me this as a local name for tke 
Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus., 
FINGER TIPS. A correspondent at Donhead 
(Wilts) gives me this as a local name for the 
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. 
Fir Bos. A fir-cone (West Some-set). 
Fir Coc. A fir-cone (Bridgwater). 
Frre Froutr. An old country name tor the 
Poppy: Papaver Rheas. 
Fire Grass. A Yarlington school soy gives, 
me this asalocal name for the Plantain. See 
FIRE LEAF. 
Fire Lear. A correspondent at Muchelney 
gives me this as a local name for the Ribwort 
Plactain, Plantago lanceolata. See FIRE GRAss. 
Miss Ida Roper adds “‘ See ‘ Gardeaer’s Chronicle,’ 
1860, p. 738, quoted Flora of Bristol, p. 501.” 
Fire Linty. <A_ correspondent at Buckerell 
(Devon) gives me this as a loca! name for the 
Tiger Lily, Lilium tigrinum. 
Fire ScREEN, A correspondent at Broadstone 
(Dorset) gives me this as a local name for the 
Flame Nasturtium, T'ropw@olum speciosum. 
Fir Goa. A fir-cone (Wellington district). 
Mr. F. W. Mathews quotes a woman saying “I 
always picks up a lot o’ they vur-gogs ; they be 
better’n fire-lighters.” 
FIrnLEY GoG. A fir-cone (Sampford Aruadel), 
First FLOWER OF SPRING. A correspondent at 
Evercreech gives me this as a local name for the 
Crocus. 
First Rose. From all parts of the district 
I kave had this sent me as a popular name for 
the Primvose, Primula vulgaris. See EARLY 
ROsE. 
Fish Bones. (1) A correspondent at Ilton 
gives me this as a lozal name for the Silver Weed, 
Potentilla Anserina. 
(2) Several correspondents at Bridgwater tell 
me that this name is there given to the leaves 
of the Horse Chestnut, #sculus Hippocastanum, 
Mr. Woodward adds: ‘‘ After the green portion 
has been removed.” 
(3) A correspondent at Wells gives me this as 
a local name for Thistles. See below. 
Fish Bone THIsTLE. A xorrespondeat at 
Muctelney gives me this as a local name for a 
