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arundinacea. Sometimes called Lapy’s (or 
GARDENER’S) GARTERS. 
Sworp Lity. (1) The Gladiolus. 
(2) The Yellow Iris, Iris Pseudacorus. 
SWORD OF SPRING. The garden Crocus (Hatch 
Beauchamp). 
Sworps. The Yellow Iris, Iris Pseudacorus ; 
in some districts applied more particularly to the 
leaves. 
SWORDS AND SPEARS. The Ribwort Plantain, 
Plantago lanceolata (Parkstone). 
TAACHY. Fungus on trees (Wincanton). 
TABLES AND CuHatRs. Seeds of the Box, Buxus 
sempervirens (Stoke-under-Ham and Muchelney). 
See CHAIRS AND TABITES. 
TACKER GRASS. Common Knot-grass, Poly- 
gonum aviculare. It is said to owe its name te its 
toughness having suggested a likeness to a 
‘‘tacker ”’ or shoemaker’s wax-end. 
TACKER WEED. Shezherd’s Purse, Capsella 
Bursa-pastoris (schodl-children at Combe St. 
NichoJas). 
Tacets. <A _ school-girl at Bradford-on-Tone 
gives me this as a local name for Marigolds. 
This may possibly be a corruption of Tagetes, 
the generiz name of the French and African 
Marigolds, particularly in view of the fact that 
Mr. 'l. W. Cowan tells me that he once had as 
gardener a Devonshire man who called the Dwarf 
Marigold (Tagetes signata pumila) TaGEs, while 
al] others he designated as ‘“‘ Marigolds.”’ On the 
other hand, Mr. F. W. Mathews tells me he has 
heard the Marigold called TarGcets, and he 
attributed the name to an evident similarity to 
the targets of archery practice. 
TARE. (1) The Hairy Vetch, Vicia hirsuta. 
(2) Greater Bindweed, Calystegia sepium 
(Wilts). 
(3) Lesser Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis 
(Wilts). 
TARGETS.—The Marigold (Bradford-on-Tone). 
See TAGETS. 
AR VETCH (7.e., Tare Vetch). (1) Common 
Vetch, Vicia cracea(Winanton). See Tare (1). 
(2) A species of Tare, Ervum, that oczars 
among the corn, and in wet weather weighs it 
down (His Honour J. S. Udal, Dorset). 
TASSEL-FLOWER. The usual Eaglish name for 
an ornamental garaen annual of the Aster family, 
Cacalia coccinea w Emilia flamma. 
TaAssELs. (1) The flowersofthe Ash, Fraxinus 
excelsior (a schoo]-girl at Chilson). 
(2) Dr. Watson gives me this as a corrupted 
form of Teazel. 
