Flower-Names and Bird-Names 
Lime, Linden — continued. 
Danish — Lind, Lindtraee. 
Swedish — Linn. 
Bohemian'* 
Polish J-Lipa. 
Russian J 
Hungarian — Harsfa. 
Arabic — Ugla mur. 
J apanese — Badaisin. 
Anglo-Saxon— Lind. 
London’s Pride. None so 
Pretty, St. Patrick’s-cabbage, 
Nancy Pretty, Pratling Parnell. 
Latin — Saxifraga umbrosa. 
French — D^sespoir de Peintre. 
Spanish — Saxifrago. 
Italian— Sassifragia. 
German — Steinbrech. 
Love lies bleeding. Veivet- 
flower, Thrum wort, Florimer, 
Love-flower. 
Latin — Amaranthus. 
French — Fleur de Jalousie, Dis- 
cipline des religieuses. 
Portuguese } P a P a £ a y°- 
German — Tausendschon. 
Italian — Amarantho, Fior veluto. 
Lyre-flower, Ladies’ - ear- 
drop, Clocks and Watches, 
Bleeding Hearts, Fumewort. 
Latin — Dielytra dicentra. 
Marigold, Corn. Bigoide 
(meaning not the true “Golde”), 
Goldin , Yellow-bottle, Yellow 
Cornflower, Yellow Oxeye, Yel- 
low Gowlan, Yellow Daisy, 
Yellow Gowan ; Gool, Guilde, 
Rudde, Boodles, Buddies, from 
the Dutch buidel, a purse, per- 
haps because the flowers were 
called Gools — i.e. Dutch Gul- 
den. The word “ Guilde ” 
comes from the Danish guild, 
yellow. 
Latin — Chrysanthemum segetum. 
(In old days in Scotland and, I 
Marigold, Corn— continued. 
believe, also in Denmark, negli- 
gent farmers were fined who 
allowed this pretty flower to 
overrun the land. Hence the 
old saying, “The Gordon, the 
Guild and the Watercraw are 
the three worst ills the Moray 
ever saw.”) 
Marigold, Marsh. Cops, 
Jonettes, Kingcup, Water- 
golland, Yellow-gowan, Golde, 
Wildfire, Meadow-bootes, Gold- 
knobs, Marybuds, Mary blobs, 
Mereblob, Giltcap. 
Anglo-Saxon — Mersc Gealla, 
Marsh Golden, Craisey (said 
to be from Oculus Christi, 
but, I think, perhaps from 
Cruisie, a little lamp). Brave 
Bassinets (from the French 
Bassinet, the skull-cap worn 
inside a helmet). Buttercup, 
Gold-cups, Gules. The termina- 
tion ‘ ‘cup ” has been said to be a 
corruption of the Anglo-Saxon 
cop , a button or round knob, 
in allusion, no doubt, to the ap- 
pearance of the flower and its 
buds). 
Latin— Caltha palustris. 
German — Dotterblume. 
Spanish— Mirabel. 
Italian — Fioranzio paludo. 
French — Bouton d’or. 
Marjoram. 
Greek — Opiyavos. 
Latin — Origanum vulgare, 
French— Origan, Grand serpolet. 
Italian — Origano. 
Spanish — Oregano. 
Portuguese — Oregao. 
German — Dostenkraiit, Wohlge- 
muth. 
Dutch — Welde Orego, Majolein. 
Danish — Tost, Vild Mairan. 
Swedish — Dosta. 
Polish — Lebiotka. 
Russian — Duschiza. 
Bohemian — Dobra mysol. 
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