THE BUEDOCK. 



Arctlum Lappa. Nat. Ord., Composites. 

 one who wanders much amidst 

 the hedgerows will probably, 

 nolens vole us, amongst his other 

 floral treasures, bring home with 

 him some portion at least of the 

 present species. Though the 

 plant is not in any way related 

 to the dock family, its large 

 lower leaves are sufficiently like 

 those of the common dock to 

 satisfy the not too exacting 

 requirements of popular nomen- 

 clature; and to distinguish it 

 from the other plant of that 

 name, it is the burdock, or 

 dock that bears burrs. Several 

 other plants are, in popular esti- 

 mation, docks simply because 

 they bear large leaves of simple 



character. In some districts the big leaves of the white 

 water-lily have procured it the name of flatter-dock, a 

 corruption of " floating dock ;" and, in like manner, the 

 fine foliage of the butterbur a plant common enough 

 ordinarily by the banks of our streams has caused it 



