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shutes or Asparagus of tlie greate sLavegrasse ; ’ and in [liis Herball 
he speaks of ‘ those Asparagus shutes or stemmes.’ 
Foxtail Grass. Alopecurus pratensis, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
E. Yks. ; Prior, p. 84. 
Foxter Leaves. Digitalis purpurea, L. — Eoxh. Jamieson. 
Frag. ‘ A kind of rye.’ — So?n. Hal. 
Fraghan. See Frughans. 
Frail Rush. Seirpus lacustris, L. — Lyte. Erom its use in making 
‘ frails, ’ ‘ a light kind of basket, made of rushes or matting, much 
used for fruit ; . the term is still in use in East Anglia for a 
shapeless flexible mat basket.’ — Hal. 
Framboys. Ruhus Idoeus, L. — Turn. Herb, (the fruit Framboys- 
berries), Lyte. Ger. has Framboise. The name seems to have been 
in local use. In N. & Q. 4, i. 532, is the following extract from 
Ayscough MS. 4464 (written 1630 — 1650): ‘My Lord of Salisbury, 
1638, told me that in Cramborne Chase \_Dors.~\ there grew raspes 
commonly and in great plenty ; and that the country people called 
them framboises, which is the French word for them.’ 
Franke. Spergida arvensis, L. — ‘ This herbe is called in Englishe 
Franche, bicause of the property it hath to fat cattell.’ — Lyte. In 
Park. Theatr. it is called Franck Spurry or Francking Spurne- 
wort, ‘ from the /ranching or feeding fat of cattle.’ 
Franke Osier. See Osier. 
Frankwort. A name invented by With. (ed. ii.) for Frankenia. 
Fraxinell. In Holme’s Academy of Armoury (ii. 100) Polygonatum 
'midtiflorum, All. 
Freiser. Fragaria vesca, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
French Asparagus. See Asparagus. 
French Beans. Phaseolus vulgaris, L. — Prior, p. 85. 
French Berries. According to With. (ed. vii.) the unripe fruit of 
Rhamnus catharticus, L., is ‘ sold under the name of French Berries ; ’ 
but in commerce this name is usually applied to the fruit of R. 
infectorius, L. 
French Bracken. See Bracken. 
French Brum (broom). Cytisus Laburnum, L. — Sal. (Pulverbatch). 
French Cowslip. See Cowslip. 
French Cress. See Cress. 
French Furze. Ulex europoeus, L. — With. ed. iv. 
French Grass. (1) Onohrychis sativa, L.- — Martyn (Flora Eustica), 
Prior, p. 85. 
(2) Young shoots of Orniihogalum pyrenaicum, L. — Som. ‘Grass’ 
is here an abbreviation of ‘Sparrow Grass,’ the young shoots being 
used as a substitute for asparagus. 
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