ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Nodding Isabel. Briza maxima^ L. — Lane. (Ormsldrk). 
Nogs. Cannabis sativa, L. — Sal. Hal. 
Noke. ‘An oak. Nominale MS.’ Hal. 
None-so-pretty. Saxifraga iimbrosa, L. — AVith. eel. ii. East, Hal. 
AVr. ; Glou. ; NJiamp. Nth. Gloss. ; E. Lord. Hot. E. Bord. Prior, 
p. 163. 
Nonesuch, or Nonsuch. (1) Medicago lugmlina, L. — Hants.; Suss. 
Holl. Prior, p. 166. 
(2) A variety of Apple. 
(3) Lychnis Chalcedonica, L. — Ger., Parkinson, Prior, p. 166. 
Nonesuch, Black. Medicago lupulina, L. — AVith. ed. ii. Norf. 
Marshall, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 3 ; E. Norf. Hal. and AVr. Black Non- 
such is said to be ‘ trefoil seed.’ It is further explained to he in the 
husk. ‘ The market, however, does not consist wholly of red clover 
seed ; there are proportional quantities of suckling (white clover) ; 
also of Hulled Nonsuch, (trefoil); also of Black Nonsuch (trefoil 
in the husk) ; also of White Nonsuch (darnel or ray-grass).’ 
Nonsuch, White. ‘ Eye-grass seed.’ Lolium perenne, L. — E. Norf. 
E. H. S. Gloss. B. 3. Hal. Wr. 
Noontide. Tragopogon yratensis, L. — Ger.. Prior, p. 166, who also 
has Noon-flower. See Go-to-bed-at-noon. 
Noops. Emit of Rubiis Chamcemorus, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Prior, p. 166. 
Nosebleed. Achillea Millefolium, L. — Lyte, Hal. AVr. ‘The leaves 
being put into the nose do cause it to bleede’ (Ger. 914) ; but Parkin- 
son (Theatr. 695), commenting on this, says ‘ assuredly it will stay 
the bleeding of it.’ But this property of the plant seems to be popu- 
larly credited in more than one district, and it forms the basis of a 
love divination. ‘ It is an old superstition to take a leaf and tell one 
to put it up his nose, turn it thrice round, and all the while think of 
his sweetheart : if his nose bleeds, he is sure to get her. The applica- 
tion scarcely ever fails, at least if the leaf be smartly turned.’ Bot. 
E. Bord. p. 129. A similar belief prevails in Suffolk, where a rhyme- 
is recited during the operation, which will be found at p. 17. Forby 
thus records the custom : ‘You must take one of the leaves and with 
it tickle the inside of the nostrils, repeating at the same time the 
following lines : 
“ Yarroway, yarroway, bear a white blow, 
If my love love me, my nose will bleed now.” 
If the blood follows this charm, success in your courtship is held to 
be certain.’ Yocab. of East Anglia, p. 424. For other similar folk- 
lore connected with this plant, see a paper by one of us in Gard. 
Chron. for Aug. 7, 1875 (p. 161), and Folk-Lore Kecord, vol. i. p. 156. 
Nhunib. ; Suff. ; Suss. Hal. Prior, p. 161. 
Notchweed. Chenopodlum Vulvaria, L. — Coles, A. in E., 577. 
Skinner gives an explanation of this name. 
