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— III. BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
1. On the Popular Names of British Plants, being an explanation of 
the Origin and Meaning of the names of our indigenous and most com- 
»in all the High and Low German and Scandinavian languages, 
what is particularly worthy of our attention, each of them expressive 
Of some distinct meaning. These will prove, what with many reade 
rs is 
_“ctascertained upon other evidence . . . that the tribes which descended 
upon Britain had entered Europe, not as a set of savages, or wandering 
. rude 
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Be. Asia,—they do not comprise the Eim, Chesnut, Maple, Walnut, 
- soi Holly, or any evergreen, except of the Fir-tribe, or Plum, 
Peach, or Cherry, or any other fruit-tree, except the Apple. For 
JouR. Scr.—Srconn Serres, Vor. XXXVII, No. 111.—May, 1864 
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