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A DICTIONARY OF 
(2) Ligustrum vulgare, L. — Ger. Appx, 
(3) Beilis jperennis, L. — ‘ Primroses, 'vrh.icli some take to be daisies.’ 
Lupton’s Notable Things, v. 89. 
Primrose, Bird’s Eye (AYith. ed. ii.), or Scotch (Prior, p. 189). 
Primula farinosa, L. 
Primrose, Evening. A common garden name for CEnotliera biennis, 
L. Prior, p. 73. 
Primrose Peerless. Narcissus hiflorus, L. — Lyte, who includes N. 
imeticus, L., and perhaps other species. Dev. (Primrose Parings); 
Warw. Gerard includes also N. Pseudo-narcissus, L., and (in his 
‘ Catalogus ’) N. Tazetta, L. ‘ bearing .... flowers .... of a j)ale 
whitish creame colour, tending somewhat neare unto the colour of a 
jDale primrose, which hath caused our countrey gentlewomen, I thinke, 
to entitle it Primrose Peerlesse.' Park. Parad. p. 74. Prior, p. 189, 
who suggests an origin for it which seems to us unlikely. Culpeper 
has Primrose Pearls. 
Primwort. Ligustrum vulgare, L. See Gloss, to Tusser (E. D. S. 
ed.), p. 40, sub. v. prim. 
Prince’s Feather. (1) Prunella vulgaris, L. — E. Bord. Bob E. Bord. 
(2) Amaranthus hgpoclwndriacus, L. — Dev. Prior, p. 189. 
(3) Saxifraga umhrosa, L. — Park. Parad. p. 234. Dev.j Lane. 
(4) Sgringa vulgaris, L. — Dev.j Pull. (Uppingham), pronoimced 
Princy Feather, without the s of the possessive case. 
Print. See Prim. 
Privet. Ligustrum vulgare, L. — Turn. Herb. /S.-TF. Cumb. ; E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 189. 
Privy. Ligustrum vulgare, L. — Tusser (Five Hundred Points), 
E. D. S. ed. ; dies.; SaZ. (Ellesmere, Wem) ; Buff.; E. Yks. ; Scoil. 
Jamieson, who has also Privy Saugh. 
Procession Flower. A name for Polygeda vulgaris, L., in allusion 
to its use in the Eogation-tide processions. See Cross-flower. Ger. 
Emac. p. 564. Prior, p. 189. 
Proud Carpenter. Prunella vulgaris, L. — dies. 
Prumorole. Primula vulgaris, L. — Hal. 
Prunell. Prunella vulgaris, L.— Lyte. Ger. 
Prushns. See Presha. 
Prussian Asparagus. See Asparagus, Bath. 
Fry- (1) Different species of Carex, esj^ecially Carex glauca, L. — 
Notts. ‘ A blue spiiy grass, called here prie-grass, which is produced 
in cold, wet land.’ Ann. of Agriculture, xxii. 470. Cumb. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 8. Scotl. Jamieson. 
(2) Sesleria ccerulea. Scop. — Scotland {SelJcBksh. Ettrick) Stat. Acet. 
Scotland, iii. 63. 
(3) Tilia parvifolia, L. — Ess. Camden’s Britannia. 
Pry, Benton. Aira coespitosa, L. — N.-TF. Cumb. 
Publicans. Caltha palustris, L. — Yks. (West Riding), 
