ON THE 



POPULAR NAMES 



OP 



BKITISH PLANTS, 



BEING AN EXPLANATION OP THE 



OEIGIN AND MEANING 



OF THE NAMES OF OUR 



INDIGENOUS AND MOST COMMONLY CULTIVATED SPECIES. 



E. C. A. PEIOE, M.D., 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, AND OF THE LINNKAN 

 AND OTHER SOCIETIES ; 



TRANSLATOR OF "ANCIENT DANISH BALLADS." 



SECOND EDITION 



f 



WILLIAMS AND NOEGATE, 



14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. 



1870. 



