ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Wild Lily. A rum maculatmn, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Wild Williams. Lychnis Flos-cuculi^ L. — Lyte. Prior (p. 250) 
has Wild Sweet Williams. 
Wilding, or Wilding Tree. Pijrus Mdlus, L. — Lyte. Hal. Sal. 
Prior, p. 250. 
Wilf. A willow. North, Hal. ; Yks. Cleveland Gloss. (E.) E. D. 
S. Gloss. B. 2; (Whitby) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 4; (Holderness) E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 7. 
Wilgers. Salix viminalis, L. — Dev. (Barnstaple). Hal. gives 
Wilghe as an A.S. form. 
Willey, or Willy, or Willies. The genus Salix. Cmnb. The 
shrubby species are so called, the tree species being distinguished as 
Willy-trees. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; North, Hal. ; Scotl. (Willie and 
Willan), Jamieson. Halliwell gives Willy-heer, a plantation of willow. 
Williams. Dianthus harhatus, L. — ‘ In the trade we hear only of 
“ Williams,'’' without the pleasant prefix which has so long been 
associated with this plant.’ Garden, Jan. 22, 1881, p. 102. 
Willie-rnn-hedge. Galium Aparine, L. — Stirllngsh. Jamieson. 
Will Kail (Wild Kail). Sinapis arvensis, L. — S. Lanarksh. 
Jamieson. 
Will-of-the-wisp. Nostoc commune, Yauch. Prior, p. 250. 
Willow, or Willow Tree. The general name for the various species 
of Salix. Turn. Ayrsh. (occasionally). Prior, p. 250. Salix vimi- 
nalis, L. — S.-W. Climb. (Willow Tree); N. Yks. Salix alba, L. — 
E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
See Bay Willow, Bleeding Willow, Crack Willow, French Wil- 
low, Goat Willow, Ground Willow, Herb Willow, Kit Willow, 
Mock Willow, Stinking Willow, Sweet Willow, Water Willow, 
Weeping Willow. 
Willow, Black. Salix pentandra, L. — Scd. ‘ This species is much 
sought after by the Irish harvest-men, who call it the black willow, 
and cut it for their shillelahs.’ Leighton, Flora of Shropshire, p. 485 
(1841). 
Willow, Blooming. Epilobiuni anyustlfolium, L. — Ireland (Donegal). 
Journal of Botany, 1881, p. 235. Cfr. Blooming Sally. 
Willow, Drooping. (1) Salix babylonica, Y.—Dev. Friend. 
(2) Cytisus Laburnum, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Willow, Duck. Scdix alba, L. — K. and Q. 1st S. ix. 571. 
Willow, Rose-bay. A book name for Epilobium angustifolium, L. 
Willow, Snake-skin. See Snake-skin Willow. 
Willow, White. Scdix alha, L. — Prior, p. 250. 
Willow, Wild. Epilobium hirsutum, L. — South. ‘ By the bank 
the wild willow, with its woody stem, willow shaped leaves, and pale 
red flowers, grows thickly.’ E. Jeffries, Bound about a Great Estate, 
p. 34. 
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