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SELF-HEAL. This is the general English name 
for Prunella vulgaris, but a number of school- 
children at Brompton Regis apply it to the 
Common Bugle, Ajuga reptans. 
SELGREEN. The MHouse-leek, Sempervivum 
tectorum. ‘Sel’ is a corruption of “ sia,’ the 
Anglo-Saxon word for “ ever”? ; hence SELGREEN 
means “ evergreen.” 
SENGREEN. (1) Same as SELGREEN. 
(2) This name is sometimes appiied to the 
Lesser Periwinkle, Vinea minor. 
SENNA Pops. Common Centaury, Centavrium 
umbellatum : a ylant very largely used in the past 
for its medicinal properties (Melbuvy Osmond). 
SEVEN SISTERS. A common name for the old” 
fashioned clustered small white roses. 
SEVEN YEARS’ Love. This is usually described 
as “‘a variety of everlasting flower.’’ Mrs. Bray, 
in her “ Borders of the Tamar and Tavy,” speaks 
of “ Seven Years’ Love ” as the name of a common 
flower in the West of Englana, but the Rev. H. 
Friend, who made a special study of the flower 
names of Devonshire, was unable to identify the 
plant. The Rev. H. N. Ellacombe (vizar of Bitton, 
1870), said that he had often seen the country 
bridesmaids in Gloucestershire and other parts 
bringing the double-flowered Yarrow (Achillea 
ptarmica) to the hymeneal altar under this name. 
SHACKLE BACKLE. Several school-girls at 
South Petherton give me this as a local name for 
the Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia. 
SHACKLE BaGs. The Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-galli. 
SHACKLE BAskKetTs. (1) Yellow Rattle, as 
above. 
(2) Quaking Grass, Briza media, commonly 
called WAG-WANTS. 
SHACKLE Boxes. (1) Quaking Grass, Briza 
media. 
(2) The Lousewort or Red Rattle, Pedicularis 
sylvatica (Stockland, Devon). 
SHACKLE Caps. Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-gallii (East Harptree). 
SHACKLE GRASS. Quaking Grass, Briza media. 
SHACKLERS. (1) Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-galli. 
(2) The fruits of the Ash and Maple (Devon). 
SHADES OF EVENING. The White Campion, 
Lychnis alba (North Petherton). 
SHaGcy Jacks. The Ragged Robin, Lychnis 
Flos-cuculi (South Somerset and Devon). 
SHAKE A BASKET. Doubtless a corruption 
of SHACKLE BASKET. Sent me by _ several 
Wincanton school-girls as a local name for the 
Quaking Grass, Briza media. 
