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chinn, the plant having a bent or drooping head. The name 

 suggests the beautiful lines of Herrick — 



" When a daffodil I see 

 Hanging its head towards me, 

 Guesse I may what I must be : 

 First, I shall decline my head ; 

 Secondly, I shall be dead ; 

 Lastly, safely buried." 



Galanthus nivalis — Snowdrop. Gaelic and Irish : gealag lair — 

 gealag, white as milk; lar, the ground, Galanthus. Greek: ydka, 

 milk; and avOos, a flower. 



Aloe — Hebrew : ahaloth. Gaelic and Irish : aloe. 



" Leis na h-uile chraobhaibh tuise, mirr agus aloe." 



With all trees of frankincense; myrrh, and aloes. — Song of Solomon, 

 iv. 14. 



The aloe of Scripture 1 must not be confounded with the bitter 

 herb well known in medicine. 



Liliace/e. 

 Lilium — Greek : Xelpiov From the Celtic : /;', colour, hue. 

 Welsh : lliu. Gaelic : li. 



" A mhaise-mhnk is aillidh /*'/"— Fingalian Poems. 

 Thou fair-faced beauty. 



" Lily seems to signify a flower in general." — Wedgewood. 

 Gaelic and Irish : lilidh or lilt. 



L. candidum — Meacan a tathabha (O'Don), " bulb of the white 

 lily." It has been grown in gardens from time immemorial for 

 its beauty, and for the extraction of the " oil of Tillies " which was 

 highly esteemed formerly. 



Paris quadrifolia —Herb paris. Aon dearc. One berry. Welsh : 

 cwlwm cariad, lover's knot, or tie. 



Convallaria majalis — Lily of the valley. Gaelic : lili nan Ibn. 

 Lili nan gleann. 



"Air ghilead, mar lili nan /<5jWea«."MACDONALD. 

 White as the lily of the valley. 



" Is ros Sharon mise, lili nan gleann." — Stuart. 

 I am the rose of Sharon, the lily oj the glen. 



1 Aquilaria agallochum. 



