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PoppERS, Poppies, or Pops. (1) The Fox- 
glove, Digitalis purpurea, so cailed because 
children ‘‘ pop” the flowers in the same way 
they would pop a blown-out paper bag. Dr. 
Downes tells me that the first of these names is 
given in the Herbal of Turner, Dean of Wells, 
in the 16th century. 
(2) The Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia 
(N.E. Somerset and S.W. Wilts). Also “‘ popped ” 
by children as described above. 
(3) The Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(West Wilts). 
Poppy Dock. The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea 
(West Somerset). 
Pops. See POPPERS. 
Pop SHELLS. A number of school-children at 
Paulton give me this as a local name for the 
berries of the Ivy, Hedera Heliz. 
Pors Ups. A school-girl at Chardstock gives 
me this as a local name for the Crocus. (? The 
Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale, frequently 
called UPSTARTS.) 
Posy. The garden Peony, from its size (Wilts 
Glossary). 
PorasH. Mr. 'T. W. Cowan tells me he formerly 
had a gardener from Devonshire who always 
called the Common Goutweed, Mgopodium 
Podagraria, by this name. 
POTATOES IN THE DisH. This name is sent 
me by two correspondents at Marshwood (near 
Charmouth), one of whom applies it to the 
‘Sun Spurge, Huphorbia Helioscopia, and the other 
to the Wood Spurge, #. amygdaloides. 
Pots AND KETTLES. Fruit of the Box, Buxzus 
sempervirens (Barford St. Martin, Wilts). 
Poverty. (1) The Rest Harrow, Ononis 
repens, from the fact that the plant grows on 
poor soil and the farmer who has a good crop 
of Rest Harrow will always remain poor. 
(2) Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-gallt 
(Combe St. Nicholas). This plant is a partial 
parasite, and obtains some portion of its nourish- 
ment by fastening its suckers on the roots of 
grass and other plants growing near and robbing 
them of their sap. 
PovERTY Grass. A_ school-girl at Bishops- 
wood gives me this as a local name for the Plan- 
tain. 
PovERTY WEED. Yellow Rattle (Chard dis- 
trict). See Poverty (2). 
PoOWER-WoRT. Several correspondents send 
me this as a name for the Lesser Celandine, 
Ranunculus Ficaria. 
PREACHER IN THE Pouupir. Wild Arum or 
‘Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum. 
