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FLOWERS OF WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



The leaves are atlackc-d b\' a mould, J'cronospora sordida. I'our 



beetles, Coccinella 22-piinctata, Cionits tliapsi, Longitarsiis patruclis, 



L. fabidus] 3 moths, JMullcin, Cuciillia vcrbasci, Ebtilea verbascalis, 



Nothris verbascc//a; and a lly, Lonclura nigra, are found upon it. 



Verbascuvi, Pliny, is the Latin name for it. Tliapsus is a place 



in Africa. 



1 he names given to it are 

 numerous: Aaron's Rod, Adam's 

 I'lannel, Ag-leaf, Ag- paper, 

 Beggar's Blanket, Beggar's 

 Sialk, Blanket Leaf, Bullock's 

 Lungwort, Sea Cabbage, 

 Candle - wick, Clot, Clown's 

 Lung- wort. Shepherd's Club, 

 Cow's Lungwort, Cuddy s Lugs, 

 Ahillein or Velvet Dock, Duffle, 

 Feltwf)rt. Flannel, Our Lord's 

 or Our Lady's Flannel, Muff- 

 weed, Foxglove, Golden Grain, 

 Golden Rod, Hag-taper, Hare's 

 Bcaril. Hedge Taper, Hig Taper, 

 Wild Ice -leaf, Jacob's Staff, 

 lupiter's Staff, Ladies' Fo.x- 

 glove. White Mullein, Mullein 

 Dock, Okl Man's Flannel, 

 Peter's .Staff, Rag Paper, .Shep- 

 herd's Staff, Taper, Torches, 

 \ irgin Mary's Candle, W^oollen. 

 As to the name Torches, 

 Lyte says: "The whole toppe, 

 with his pleasant, yellow floures, 

 sheweth like to a wax-candic, a 

 taper, cunningly wrought "; and Coles says: "The elder age used the 

 stalks dipped in suet to burn, whether at funerals or for private uses ". 

 It is called Aaron's Rod from the tall, straight stem, and Adam's Flan- 

 nel and Blanket Leaf from the texture and appearance of the lea-ves. 

 Gerarde says as to the name Bullock's Lungwort: " The country people, 

 especially those husbandmen in Kent, doe give tlieir cattell the leaves 

 to drink against the cough of the lungs, being an excellent approved 

 medicine for the same, whereu[)on they do call it Bullock Lungwort ". 

 In N. Somerset they "called " it Lucernaria, "or wick plant, useful for 



Ml'LLEIN [J'erbasn^m Thapsits, L. 



