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OLD WoMAN’s BONNET. (1) The Columbine, 
Aquilegia vulgaris. More often called GRANNY’S. 
BONNET. 
(2) Greater Convolvulus or Hedge Bindweed, 
Calystegia sepium (Martock and East Devon). 
(3) Canterbury Bells, Campanula media (Chew- 
ton Mendip). 
(4) Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris 
(Winsham). f 
(5) Water Avens, Gewm rivale (Mere, Wilts). 
OLD WomaAn’s Eve. The Periwinkle, Vinca 
(Fontmell Parva, Dorset). 
OLD WoMmaAn’s NEEDLE-WoRK. Red Spur 
Valerian, Kentranthus ruber (Taunton). See 
LavDy’s NEEDLEWORK (1). 
OLD WomaAn’s NicuT-cAap. (1) Greater Con- 
volvulus, Calystegia sepium. 
(2) The Monk’s-hood, Aconitum Napellus 
(Brompton Regis). 
(3) Canterbury Bells, Campanula media 
(4) A schoo!-girl at Buckland St. Mary gives 
it as a local name for the Deadly Nightshade, 
which I have no doubt is an error for the Woody 
Nightshade, Solanum Dulcamara. See GRANNY’S 
NIGHTCAP (7). 
(5) The Columbine, Aguilegia vulgaris (East 
Devon). 
OLD WoMAN’s PENNY. Honesty or Lunary, 
Lunaria biennis (a correspondent at Wincanton). 
OLD WOoOMAN’S PETTICOATS. The Poppy, 
Papaver Rheeas (Long Sutton). 
OLD WoMAN’s PIN-CUSHION. The Spotted 
Orchis, Orchis maculata (S. W. Wilts). 
OID WomAn’s PurRSE. The Calceolaria. 
OLD WoMAN’s TOE-NAILS. Bird’s-foot Trefoil, 
Lotus corniculatus (Axminster). 
OLD WoMAN THREADING HER NEEDLE. The 
Herb Robert, Geraniwm Robertianum (East 
Somerset). 
OLIVER CROMWELL’S CREEPING COMPANION. 
A name given me by a Yeovil gardener for the 
small spreading plant Helxine Solierolii, which 
Dr. Watson tells me is sometimes called (in error) 
Artillery-plant, and which Dr. R. C. Knight tells 
me is also called Australian Moss. See MIND 
YouR Own BUSINESS. 
OLLER. The Alder, Alnus rotundifolia. 
ONE BERRY. An old country name for the 
Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia. 
OnE I Eat. gentleman living in Yeovil 
gives me this as a popular name for the Straw- 
berry Tree, Arbutus Unedo. Obviously a trans- 
lation of the specific name Unedo. 
