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Minky Dice. Sow Thistle, as above (Sto- 
gursey). 
Minky DisLe. Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale 
(Rev. H. Friend, Devon). 
; Minkymarps. Cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pra- 
tensis (Devon). 
MILLER’S DELIGHT. <A correspondent at Cerne 
Abbas gives me this as a local name for the Corn 
Blue-bottle, Centaurea Cyanus. 
MILLER’S STAR. Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea (two school-girls at Queen Camel). 
Mitt MounrTaAInN. Ground (or Purging) Flax, 
Linum catharticum. 
Minp YouR OWN BUSINESS. This appears to 
be the usual name in the Yeovil and Mudford 
district for a small spreading plant which Dr. 
Watson tells me is Helxine Solierolti. He knows 
no common English name for the plant, but has 
heard it called Artillery-plant in mistake for the 
true Artillery-plant, Pilea. A _ gardener living 
near Yeovil told me he knew the plant only by 
the name of OLIVER CROMWELL’S CREEPING 
COMPANION. Mr. W. D. Miller describes it as an 
intolerable weed. 
MISCHIEVOUS JAcK. Common Chickweed, Stel- 
alria media (Ilton). 
Miss Moprsry. (1) Common Daisy, Bellis 
perennis (a Yeovil school-boy). 
(2) The Violet, Viola odorata (a school-girl 
at Shaftesbury). 
Miss Scenty. The Violet, as above (a school- 
boy at Everereech). 
Mock. A tuft of grass. Mr. Elworthy says. 
‘‘In pasture land the cattle usually leave tufts 
or patches of the ranker herbage ; these are always 
called Mocks.” Rev. Wm. Barnes (Dorset) 
defines it as ‘‘a tuft of sedge or a root or stump 
of a cut-off bush.” Mr. F. W. Mathews writes : 
“Tn soggy commons one steps from tussock to 
tussock of grass; these are always named 
Mocks.” 
Mock ORANGE. The general English name 
of Philadelphus coronarius, a plant with large 
creamy white flowers, with a powerful odoar, 
somewhat resembling that of Orange-blossoms, 
cultivated in shrubberies and cottage gardens., 
Very generally called Syringa. 
Mopzsst MAIDEN. The Violet, Viola odorata 
(two Ilminster school-girls). 
MocGvurp. The usual name in West Somersey 
for the Common Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. 
Mott o’ THE Woops. Wood Anemone 
Anemone nemorosa (Fiddleford, Dorset). 
