1896 ] POPULAK AMERICAN PLANT-NAMES 481 
Crategus tomentosa, L., red haw, Sulphur Grove, Ohio, Central Ill. 
Dalibarda repens, L., robin-run-away, Franklin plant, Oxford County, 
Me 
Fragarta vesca, L., sow-tit, sheep-nose, Central Vermont. 
Geum rivale, L., chocolate, Paris, Me. 
maidenhair, Brodhead, Wis. 
Geum trifforum, Pursh, prairie smoke, Me. 
Nuttallia cerasiformis, T. and G., oso berry, California and Oregon. 
Potentilla Canadensis, L., running buttercup, Oxford County, Me. 
Potentilla fruticosa, 1.., hardhack, Stockbridge, Mass. 
Potentilla Norvegica, L., barren strawberry, Hartford, Me.; Med- 
ford, Mass. 
Potentilla, sp., star-flower, Waverly, Mass. 
Prunus tlictfolia, oak-leaved cherry, California. 
Prunus hortulana, Bailey, hog plum, S. W. Mo. 
Prunus nigra, pomegranate, Orono, Me., West. 
Prunus Pennsylvanica, L., fire cherry,! Franklin County, Me. 
Prunus pumila, L., beach plum, Aroostook and Somerset counties, 
Me. 
Pyrus arbutifolia, L.., choke-berry, Oxford County, Me. 
Rosa cinnamomea, L., primrose, Paris, Me. 
Rosa humilis, Marsh (and other species), wild rose, S. W. Mo. 
Rosa minutifolia, Parry’s Mexican rose, San Diego County, Cal. 
Rosa setigera, Michx., rose blush, S. W. Mo. 
Rubus cuneifolius, Pursh, sand blackberry, Mo. 
Rubus odoratus, L., mulberry, Paris, Me. 
Rubus spectabilis, Pursh, salmon-berry, Cal., Oregon, and Wash. 
Rubus triflorus, Richards, running raspberry, Oxford County, Me. 
pigeon berry, West. 
Spirea tomentosa, L., purple hardhack, West. . 
SAXIFRAGACE. | 
Ribes gracile, Michx., Ulinois gooseberry, Ky. 
Ribes prostratum, 1. Her., skunk currant, Oxford and Washington 
counties, Me. 
Saxifr aga sarmentosa, L., Otaheite, Paris, Me. 
Saxifraga Virginiensis, Michx., everlasting,? Lynn, Mass. ; sweet 
Wilson,’ Abington, Mass. 
Saxifraga, sp., Mayflower, Auburndale, Mass. 
: Always appears on newly burned land. 
Children’s name. 
Named by Mrs. Ward fifty years ago, 
to please Wilson Ward, who com- 
Plained that there was a sweet William but no sweet Wilson. 
Name still extant. 
