Flower-Names and Bird-Names 
Orchis. Male - foolstones, 
Aaron’s-beard, Cockskames, 
Goose and Goslings, Dead- 
man’s-thumb. 
Latin — Orchis raascula. 
Greek — Op^ts* 
French — Orchis, Testicule de 
Pr£tre, Sabot de Vdnus. 
Italian — Orchide, Satirione. 
Spanish — Orchis, Satyrionmacho. 
German — Mannliches Knaben- 
kratit. 
Dutch — Kulletjes kruid, Man- 
net jes harlekyn. 
Arabic — Sahleb. 
Orchis latifolia. Cocks- 
kames, Deil’s-foot, Deadmen’s- 
fingers, Cain and Abel, Adam 
and Eve, Foolstones. 
German — Knabenkraut. 
French — Orchis. 
Orchis maculata. Fool- 
Stones, Hand Orchis, Adder- 
grass, Henskames, Deadman’s- 
hand. 
Pansy, Three Faces under a 
Hood, Herb Constancy, Ban- 
wort, Pawnee, Pink of my John, 
Flamy, Jump up and Kiss me, 
Herb Trinity, Heartsease, 
Birdseye, Kiss me behind the 
Garden-gate, Love in Idleness. 
Latin — Viola tricolor. 
American — Ladies’ Delight, 
Johnny jump ups, Johnnie 
Jumpers, Kit run about. 
Dutch — Viool. 
German — Stiefmiitterchen, Veil- 
chen. 
Spanish — Trinitaria, Violetta. 
French — Pens£e. 
Italian— Viola del Pensiero, Pen- 
sieri Menuti. 
Peony. Pione, Pianet, Chesses. 
Latin — Poeonia. 
Spanish — Peonia, Rosa del Monte, 
Rosa alberdera. 
Portuguese — Peonia, Rosa albar- 
deira. 
Peony — continued. 
German — Konigsblume, Pfings- 
trose, Gichtrose, Konigsrose. 
Dutch — Peonie. 
Danish — Peon, Gigtrose. 
Swedish — Pion. 
Polish- — Piwonia. 
Russian — Pionnaja rosa. 
Greek — naiovia. 
Periwinkle. Clematis, Per- 
vincle, Pervinkle, Sorcerer’s 
Violets, Ivy of the Ground. 
Greek — XA^/AaTis Sa<f)uoe iSes. 
Latin — Vinca, Pervinca minor, 
Clematis Daphnoides minor. 
French — Pervenche, Violette des 
Sorciers. 
Italian — Pervinca centocchio. 
Spanish— Vinca pervinca, Yerba 
Doncella. 
Portuguese — Pervinca. 
Germany — Kleines Sinngrun, 
Wintergriin , J ungferskrone , 
Ungriin. 
Dutch — Vinkoorde, Maagden 
palm. 
Danish — Singroen. 
Polish — Barwinck. 
(Pervinca comes from Per- 
vincere, to conquer. ) 
Petunia. 
Latin— Petunia. 
French — Petunia. 
Brazilian-Petun (means Tobacco). 
Phlox. Farewell Summer, 
Good-bye Summer. 
Latin — Phlox paniculata, Phlox 
Drummondi, &c. 
Pink. Gillyflower, July-flower, 
Incarnation, Sops in Wine, 
Whitsuntide Gillyflower, Car- 
nation, Gilivors, Piggesnie 
(from Pingsten eye). 
Latin — Dianthus, Caryophyllus 
(Clovepink). 
French — CEillet, Girofl£e mus- 
qu6e (Clovepink). 
German — Pfingsten (Whitsun), 
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