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more sense cow than I gave you credit for. However I mnst go, and take 

 one word of advice before I go. As you are going about to see the world 

 remember one thing ; it is no disgrace to draw in one's horns, and so I 

 advise you to be never ashamed of doing so ; if you will be bumptious you 

 will meet with some hard blows in this world and wont find every one as 

 considerate as I am." I was going to make some pretty speech to the effect, 

 that the advice of so sweet a lady could not fail to be excellent, but while I 

 was thinking of a proper phrase to express it in, she had disappeared up 

 her ladder and I heard her voice above me 



" Toil and spin, toil and spin. 

 None but those who strive can win " 



(To he continued.) 



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All communications should be addressed to Mb. H. Ullyett, 

 Fiilkestone. We shall he glad to receive notes c(ruc(-r n i ng any of 

 our local jilanU and animals, tivies of ajipearanre, abinirmal 

 forms and colu-ars, pojndar uatnts and traditions, Ac. These 

 viust be authenticated by the ivriter's name and address, but not 

 necessarily for publication. 



To the Editor of the Quarterly 



Journal of tlte Volkvsione Natural 



History Society. 



Sir, — I shall esteem it a favour 

 if any of your readers can assist 

 me in discovering the origin of the 

 following names of British plants : 



Pagle : This name vn riously spelt 

 Paigle, Pagle, Pagel, Peagle, Peg- 

 yll, Peggie, and Pygil, is now 

 applied to the Cowslip (Primula 

 veris). The Bulbous Crowfoot 

 (Ranunculus hulbosus) has, how- 

 ever, been so called ; and Gerarde 

 assigns the name " Pagle," and a 

 somewhat similar one, " Pygie," to 

 the Great Stitchwort (Stellaria 

 Holostea). 



Kingjingers : Applied to the Early 

 Purjjlc Orchis (Orchis mascxtlaj, a 

 plant called also " Bloody-man's 

 lingers," "Kingfisher," and"Gid- 

 dyjjander." 



John Georges : A Buckingham- 

 shire name for the Marsh Mangold 

 (Caltha palustrisj. 



Church-brooms: A name given in 

 Essex to the Teasel (Dipsacus 

 sylvestrisj. 



What is the origin cf the name 

 " Charlock," applied to the Wild 

 Mustard (Sinapit arvengis and S. 

 alba) I Other forms of this word 

 are — Chedlock, Chadlock, Curlick, 

 Curlock, Ketlock, and Kadlock. In 

 Cheshire another yellow-flowered 

 weed, the Ragwort., is called 

 "Kadle-dock." Have "Kadle-dock" 

 and " Kadlock " the same origin ? 



JAMES BRITTEN. 

 High Wycombe. 



[By the kindness of a corre- 

 spondent, we are able to insert an 

 answer to Mr. Britten's question 

 in this number.] — Ed. 



