356 TlMEHRI. 



for themselves the names of some of our most frequent 

 wild flowers. 



I shall be very much obliged to any reader who will 

 add to, or point out any errors in, the collection of pop- 

 ular names here given : as with the exception of a few 

 English names given in Grisebach, and in Dalton, there 

 are no authorities to refer to on this interesting branch 

 of the subject, which, after making allowance for the 

 faff that certain names are generic rather than specific, 

 is much more definite and precise than botanists would 

 at first suppose. 



