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that in August, when full blown, the corolla is full of their dead 

 bodies. Although harmless to some persons, yet it is noxious to 

 others, poisoning and creating swellings and inflammations on 

 certain people who have only trod on it. Gerarde describes it as 

 a deadly and dangerous plant, especially to four-footed beasts; 

 "for, as Dioscorides writes, the leaves hereof, mixed with bread, 

 and given, kill dogs, wolves, foxes, and leopards." Dog's Cha- 

 momile {Matyicaria Chamomila) is a spurious or wild kind of 

 Chamomile. Dog Grass {Triticum caninnm) is so called because 

 Dogs take it medicinally as an aperient. Dog's Mercury (or Dog's 

 Cole) is a poisonous kind, so named to distinguish it from English 

 Mercury. Dog's Nettle is Galeopsis Tetrahit. Dog's Orach [Chenopo- 

 diiim Vtdvaria), is a stinking kind. Dog's Parsley {^thusa Cynapium), 

 a deleterious weed, also called Fool's Parsley and Lesser Hemlock. 

 Dog Rose [Rosa canina) is the common wilding or Canker Rose ; the 

 ancients supposed the root to cure the bite of a mad Dog, it having 

 been recommended by an oracle for that purpose ; hence the Romans 

 called it Canina; and Pliny relates that a soldier who had been 

 bitten by a mad Dog, was healed with the root of this shrub, 

 which had been indicated to his mother in a dream. Dog's Tail 

 Grass [Cynosunis cristatus) derives its name from its spike being 

 fringed on one side only. Dog Violet {Viola canina) is so-called con- 

 temptuously because scentless. Dog's Tongue, or Hound's Tongue 

 {Cynoglossnm officinale) derived its name from the softness of its leaf, 

 and was reputed to have the magical property of preventing the 

 barking of Dogs if laid under a person's feet. Dog Wood {Cornus 

 sanguinea) is the wild Cornel ; and Dog Berries the fruit of that 

 herb, which was also formerly called Hound's Tree. Dr. Prior 

 thinks that this name has been misundertood, and that it is 

 derived from the old English word dagge, or dagger, which was 

 applied to the wood because it was used for skewers by butchers. 

 The ancient Greeks knew a plant (supposed to be a species of 

 ■Antirrhinum) which they called Cynocephalia (Dog's Head), as well 

 as Osiris ; and to this plant Pliny ascribes extraordinary properties. 

 As a rule, the word " Dog," when applied to any plant, implies 

 contempt. 



After the Fox has been named, from its shape, the Alopecurus 

 pratensis, Fox-Tail-grass ; and the Digitalis has been given the name 

 of Fox-Glove. 



The Goat has its Weed (/Egopodium Podagraria), and has given 

 its name to the Tragopogon pratensis, which, on account of its long, 

 coarse pappus, is called Goat's Beard. Caprifolium, or Goat's Leaf, 

 is a specific name of the Honeysuckle, given to it by the old 

 herbalists, because the leaf, or more properly the stem, climbs and 

 wanders over high places where Goats are not afraid to tread. 



A species of Sow Thistle, the Sonchis oleraccus, is called the 

 Hare's Palace, from a superstitious notion that the Hare derives 

 ■shelter and courage from it. Gerarde calls it the Hare's Lettuce, 



