ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Dalzell’s 
given lier child “ ane drink of fox tree leaves or not.”’ 
Darker Superstitions of Scotland, p. 113. 
Fraghan. See Frughans. 
Free holly. Ilex Aquifolium, L. — Dev. ‘ The smooth-leaved, or, as 
some call it, the Free Holly' Ellis, Modern Husbandman, VII. ii. 93 ; 
8al. Shropsh. Word-book. 
French Ash. Cytisus Lahurrium, L. — Derh. 
French Grass. (1) add Hants. Lisle, Observations on Hus- 
bandry, (1757), p. 518. 
French Honeysuckle, add after ‘use,’ applied to Galega officinalis^ L. 
French Hut. (2) Fruit of Castanea vesca, L. — Dev. Friend. 
French Pink. Armeria maritima, Willd. Dev. 
French Wheat, add Staff. (Stafford). Agric. Surv. 
French Willow, add Cumh. 
Fringed Water-lilies. Limnanthemum nympliceoides, Link. A 
common book-name for the plant. Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Frits. (A shortened form of Fritillaria.) Fritillaria Melearjris, L. 
— Series. (Eeading). 
Frog pipes. Equisetum arvense, L. — Yks. (W. Eiding). 
Frughans. add In Dublin and in S. of Ireland Fraghan. 
Frog-stools, add Sal. 
Frying-pans. The cups of acorns. Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Funk. ‘ [In Suffolk] they gather an excrescence growing plentifully 
upon oaks, and call it Fwik.' Phil. Trans. 1754, 817. 
Fur. Ulex europceus^ L. — N. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C, suh v. 
Turment. 
Furze, add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Fuzzball. add Derh. Eeliquary, v. 159 ; Leic. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Gallon, add This is the Gaelic name of the plant, still retained 
in use. Threlkeld gives it as the Ulster name ; and Cameron (‘ Gaelic 
Names’) says, ‘Gaelic and Irish, yallan mor, the big branch, possibly 
referring to its large leaf.’ 
Garden Gate, add (3) Saxifraga umhrosa, L. — Dev. Friend. ; 
Glou. (Shipton Oliffe). 
Garkin (Scotch). Apargia aittumnalis, Willd. Ireland (Co. 
Donegal. 
Garlick. add (2) Surr. (P>letchingley). 
(3) Allium Bahingtonii, Borr. Ireland (Co. Donegal), among old 
people. 
Garlic, Wild, add (2) Glou. ; Surr. (Bletchingley). 
