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plant; but Cows will not eat it unless compelled by extreme hunger, and then, 
Boerhaave says, it occasions such an inflammation that they generally die. On 
May-day country people strew the flowers of this plant before their doors, and 
wreath them in their garlands. In Lapland it is the first flower that announces 
the approach of Spring, although it does not appear there till the end of May. 
The Scottish name, Gowlan or Gowan , though indiscriminately applied to several 
Spring flowers, is generally understood more particularly to designate the Daisy, 
Dandelion, Crowfoot, and Meadow-bout; thus “ Gowany glens ” has been inter¬ 
preted “ Daised dalesand with like reference Burns — ■ 
“We twa hae run about the braes, 
And pu’t the Gowans fine.” 
Few plants will be found more ornamental on the margin of the pleasure-ground 
lake, wherein the rich golden blossoms are often reflected with admirable effect. 
A double-blossomed variety is admitted into gardens, and has occasionally been 
found wild. 
Camelina* —From Kx^yXos, a Camel, but the appropriate meaning is not very 
intelligible. According to Hooker it is named from dwarf or humble, 
and Linum , Flax. 
Camelina sativa , Gold-of-pleasure.—It is cultivated in Germany for the sake 
of the expressed oil of the seeds, which the inhabitants use for medicinal, culinary 
and economical purposes; but Sir J. E. Smith remarks, that the ridiculously 
pompous English name seems a satire on the articles of which it is composed, as 
yielding nothing but disappointment. The seeds are said to be a favourite food 
with Geese. 
Campanula. —Diminutive of campana , a bell, so named from the bell-shaped 
corolla. 
Campanula rotundifolia , Bound-leaved Bell-flower, Heath-bell, Witches’- 
thimble.—Botanists differ in opinion as to whether this plant or Scilla nutans 
lays claim to the title of Blue-bell. Withering, and likewise Hooker —who on 
this point must be a good authority—consider that Scilla nutans is the Blue-bell, 
and that C. rotundifolia is the Hare-bell; and in support of their opinion quote 
the well-known lines—• 
“ E’en the light Hare-bell raised its head, 
Elastic from her airy tread.” ^ 
Baxter in his interesting notes on this plant states that Dr. Johnston, in his 
excellent and interesting Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed , has proved that the 
present plant is the true Blue-bell of that country. 
Campanula latifolia , Broad-leaved Bell-flower, Giant Throat wort .-—The beauty 
of its flowers frequently procures it a place in gardens. Sir Walter_Scott, in 
his poem of TLokeby , describes this 
