23. YORKSHIRE. 355 



and \.htjfjrubs arc purpofely kept feparate, to 

 fhew with greater perfplcuity their feveral 

 degrees of hurtfulnefs to the arable lands of 

 the Diftridl under obfcrvation. 



Provincial names. Linneannaines. Englijh names *> 

 Common thiftle, — -fcrratula -^ crvcnjis,-—' 

 corn-thiftle. 

 Docken, — rirmcx crifpus^ — curled dock. 

 Nettle, — iirtica dioica^ — common ftinging- 



nettle. 

 Swine t]\\^\Q,—fonchtis cIcraceuSj — common 

 fow-thiflle. 



A a 2 Runfli, 



* Taken principally from the catalogue of plants 

 cultivated in the London Botanic Garden, by IMr. 

 QxiK-vts^ <i\\X.\\OY oi Flora Londinenju; with, however, 

 fuch alterations as appear to nic luituble to the fubjedt 

 of the prefent volumi-s. 



f Let no voluminous writer pretend to pcrfcft ac- 

 curacy. Linneus, vvhofc lyllem is a W'onderful exer- 

 tion of the human mind with rcfpcdl to accuracy of ar- 

 rangement, appears to have made an evident miftake in 

 the claffification of this commoii pl.mt. II.jW he could 

 be induced to tear it from its natural family carduus, 

 and force it into that oi jhratula, may now be difficult 

 to be afcertaincd. I retain the name, — but protcil 

 againftthe propiiety of it. The Linnean names are 

 now gone forth throughout all nations ; and whoever 

 changes them is fpeaking a language unknown to uni- 



TERSAL BOTANY. 



