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[Honeysuckle : when applied to the Meadow Trefoil, is supposed to be so 
d because children are fond of sucking the sweet nectar from its flowers, 
but this does not apply to the Woodbine. In the ‘Promptorium Parvulorum’ it 
is translated apiago, bee-root. London Pride is said to be so called because 
London is proud of almost the only flower (Saxifraga) that grows to perfection 
even in the most crowded parts of the town, as we have a Mountain Pride 
(Spathelia simplex), a Pride of Barbadoes (Poinciana pulcherrima), a Pride of 
India (Melia Azederach), and a Pride of the Forest, one of the names by which 
Sequoia Wellingtonia is known in California; but the name was originally 
given to a flower that will not grow in London, a Speckled Sweet William. See 
Parkinson's ‘ Paradisus,’ p. 320.—Eprror.] 
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Index Filicum : an Illustrated Synopsis, with Characters of the Genera, 
and an Enumeration of the Species of Ferns, with Synonyms, Refer- 
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This work is rapidly approaching its conclusion, and has now reached 
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A Comparative List of British Plants. By A. G. More, F.L.S. 
Pamplin. London, 1863. 
This list, which is reprinted from the pages of the ' Phytologist,’ will 
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