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Strip JAcK NAKED. Autumn Crocus or 
Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale. (A school- 
girl at Dalwood, Devon). 
Stromn. Couch-grass, Agropyron repens. The 
late Mr. F. T. Etworthy says “‘ particularly 
applied to the white tube-like roots which are 
turned up by the plough. See STRAIL. 
STUBBARD. An early codling appie; one of 
the commonest of favourite eating apples. 
STUBWoRT. An o!d name for the Wood 
Sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella, having reference to its 
growth about the stubs of trees; sent me by 
correspondents at Watchet and Taunton as still 
being used locally. 
STURTION. A very common corruption of the 
name Nasturticm, Tropeolum majus. 
SucK APPLE.—A well-known variety of Apple 3 
red, hard, and crisp-eating. Sometimes called 
QUARRENER, QUARRENDEN, Or QUARANTINE (Mr. 
W. S. Price, Weilington). 
Suck BotTrLe. White Dead Nettle, Lamium 
album. See HONEY-SUCKLE (4). 
SUCKERS. Common Comfrey, Symphytum 
officinale (Shoscombe). See SWEET SUCKERS. 
SuUCKIE SUE. White Dead Nettle, Lamium 
album. 
SuCKLEs. A contracted form of the name 
Honeysuckle, Lonicera Periclymenum, sent me 
by school-children at Winsham. 
Sucky ‘CALVES. Wild Arum or Cackoo-pint, 
Arum maculatum (school-cnildren at Sampford 
Arundel). 
SueAR. A correspondent at Stowey (near 
Clutton) gives me this as a local name for ‘* Green 
Dock,” and TEA as a local name for ‘* Red Dock.”’ 
SuGarR Basins. (1) Twoschool-girls at Ilmin- 
ster give me this as a local name for the Greater 
Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea. 
(2) School-children in several districts give 
this as a local name for Buttercups. 
Sua@arR Busses. The Red Clover, Trifolium 
pratense (schoo!-children at Otterhampton). See 
HONEY-SUCELE (2). 
SuG@AR CANDY. Both the tender shoots and 
the fruits (hips) of the Wild Rose, Rosa canina 
(Donhead, Wilts). I have heard this name given 
to the young shoots of the Wild Rose, by school- 
children in East Somerset. 
SUGAR-CODLINS. Great Hairy Willow Herb, 
Epilobium hirsutum (N.W. Wilts). More generally 
called CODLINS AND CREAM. 
SuGAR LEAvEs. Young leaves of the Elm, 
Ulmus campestris (Bridgwater). 
