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WILTSHIRE WEED. The common Elm, Ulmus 
campestris. The compilers of the Wiltshire 
Glossary say: ‘“‘This is a term frequently 
occurring in books and articles on Wilts, but it 
would not be understood by the ordinary Wilt- 
shire folk.’ See ELEM. 
Wim-Wams. The Quaking-grass, Briza media 
(Axbridge scho2]-children). 
WIND FLOWER. A very common name for the 
Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa. The name 
Anemone is derived from the Greek anemos—the 
wind, because the plant is said to love the wind. 
Winp-GRass. Apera (White’s Bristol Flora). 
Winp-Mitts. The Blue Iris (school-children 
at Oakhill). 
WINE GLASSES. Canterbury Bells, Campanula 
medium (Borosughbridge). 
Winp-Pirz. A correspondent at Compton, 
near Yeovil, gives me this curious name for the 
Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. It may 
possibly be a corruption of WINK-A-PEEP or 
WINK-AND-PEEP given by Britten & Holland as 
a country name for this plant, from the way in 
which its flowers close or wink on damp days, 
and Open or peep again when the weather be- 
comes fine. 
Wines. (1) The winged seeds of the 
Sycamore, Acer Pseudo-platanus (Wellington). 
(2) The winged seeds of the Ash, Fraxinus 
excelsior (Chewton Meadip). 
WinG-Wones. Quaking-grass, Briza media 
(North Curry, Stoke St. Gregory, and Wilts). 
WINTER DAISY and WINTER GERANIUM. The 
Rev. H. Friend says :—‘‘In Somerset a small 
Chrysanthemum is called Winter Daisy, while 
the large varieties are known as Winter 
Geraniums.”’ 
WINTER GILLY-FLOWER. The Wall-flower, 
Cheiranthus Cheiri. 
WINTER GREENS. Curled Kale, Brassica 
fimbricata (EF. T. Elworthy). 
‘WINTER-PICK. His Honour J. S. Udal gives 
this as a Dorset name for a large kind of Sloe. 
WINTER Rosw. (1) The Hellebore (Devon). 
(2) The Peony (Miss Ella Ford, Melplash). 
WINTER STRAWBERRY. The Strawberry tree, 
Arbutus Unedo. 
WIRRAL (WORRAL or WURRAL). Black Hore- 
hound, Ballota nigra. (S.W. Wilts, Somerset 
border). 
WisHES. A correspondent at Chilmark (Wilts) 
gives me this as a local name for the Dandelion, 
Taraxacum officinale. 
