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Quakers. (1) Briza media, L. — Park. Theatr. N. Bucks. ; dies. 
Ger. ; Glou. ; Sal. ; Buff. ‘ Is called in Chesliire, about Nantwicb, 
Quakers and Shakers.^ — Ger. 81. We are not clear -whether this is 
intended as one name, as Prior (p. 191) supposes, or as two names. 
Prior, p. 191. See Cowquake (1), and Grass, Quaker. 
(2) Arum maculatum, L,, when the spadices are dull- coloured. 
Lane. 
Quaking Ash. See Ash, Quaking. 
Quakingj Esp, ^. e. Aspen. Populus tremula, L. — Ireland (Antrim 
and Down). 
Quat Vessel. Carduus lanceolatus, L. — Hants. (New Porest). 
Queen Ann’s Needlework. Geranium striatum, L. — Nliamp. Wr. 
Queen Ann’s Thrissel (Thistle). Carduus nutans, L. — Berivickslnre. 
Queen Mary’s Thistle. Onopordon Acanthium, L.— ‘ On returning 
through the village an old dame enquired if we had been gathering 
Queen Mary’s Thistle, alluding to Onopordon, which tradition says was 
brought to Potheringay \_Nhamp.'] by Mary’s attendants.’ Pharma- 
ceutical Journal, June 12, 1875 (p. 997). 
Queen of the Meadow. A translation of its old Latin name, Regina 
prati. Spiraea Ulmaria, L. — Ger. Em. ‘ Because in what meadow 
so ever it grows, it is more perspicuous than any of the rest.’ Coles, 
A. in E. 557. Cumb. ; S. Dev. ; Durh. ; Yks. (Tadcaster) ; E. Bord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ; Scotl. Jamieson. Prior, p. 191 (Queen of "the Mead). 
Queen’s Cushion. A provincial name for Saxifraga hypnoides, L. — 
Treas. Bot. 
Queen’s Feather. Saxifraga umhrosa, L. — dies. 
Queen’s Gilliflower. Hesperis matronalis, L. — Ger. Tusser. Prior, 
p. 91. 
Queen’s Needlework. Spircea salicifolia, L. — Loudon, Arboretum. 
Quick, or Quicks. (1) Triticum repens, L. — Grete Herball ; Norf. 
(E.) Wr. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 3 ; North, Grose; Suff. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 
20 ; E. Yks. E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2. 
(2) Various species of Agrostis. Wore. 
(3) Crataegus Oxyacantha, L. — Hal. Wr. Ches. ; A.- TP. Line. E. D. S, 
Gloss. C. 6 ; Norf. ; Sal. ; Ireland (Antrim and Down), E. D. S. Gloss. 
A.S. ewie, alive. Planted thorns are so called, to distinguish them 
from rails, and other ‘ dead ’ fences. 
(4) Primus spinosa, L. — ‘Young black and white thorn for planting 
in a hedge.’ Morton’s Cyclopsedia of Agriculture. 
Quickbeam, or Quickbeam Tree. (1) Pyrus Aucuparia, L.— 
‘ In the South partes of England, a quick beame tree.’ Turn. Herb. 
Sorn. ; Suss. Wr. Prior, p. 191. 
(2) Pyrus Aria, L. — Herts. ? Ellis’s Modern Husbandman, vii. pt. 
2, p. 21 : he speaks of ‘its silver leaves and red berries.’ 
Quicken, or Quickens. (1) Triticum repens, L. — Warw. (Quicken- 
grass) ; North (‘ Couch Grass’). Hal. AVr. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Moray. PI. M. Ireland (Antrim and Down), E. D. S. Gloss. 
