In looking over some memoranda, I find the following Queries entered; and, as it is more than probable that some of the readers of "N. & Q." who take an interest in our wild flowers, and love the simple, homely names which were given them by our fathers, will easily solve them, I send them for insertion: 1. _Capsella_, _Bursa pastoris_, "Shepherd's Purse." Why was this plant called "St. James's Wort;" French, "Fleur de St. Jacques?" Was it used in medicine? Its old name, "Poor Man's Parmacetic," would imply that it was. 2. _Veronica Chamædrys_, "Eye-bright," "Paul's Betony," and "Fluellin." What was the origin of these two names? 3. _Primula veris_, "Cowslip," "Palsy Wort;" French, "Herbe de la Paralysie." Is this plant used in any of our village pharmacopoeias as a remedy for palsy; and if so, how? I may also add another Query on this plant, and which I trust some _fair_ reader will answer; and that is, How is the ointment prepared from the leaves (?), which is used to remove tan and freckles from the sunburnt? 4. _Viburnum opulus_, "Guelder Rose." Was this plant originally a native of the Low Countries? I am inclined to think that its distribution was of a very wide range. 5. _Neottia spiralis_, "Ladies' Tresses," "Sweet Cods," "Sweet Cullins," and "Stander Grass." What is the origin of these names? 6. _Ribes nigrum_, "Black Currant," "Gazel" (Kent). Meaning? 7. _Stellaria holostea_, "Stitchwort," "All-bones." Meaning? The plant is very fragile. 8. _Orobus tuberosus_, "Bitter Vetch," "Cormeille" (Highlands of Scotland), and "Knapperts" (Scotland generally). Have these terms any signification? 9. _Sinapis arvensis_, "Wild Mustard," "Charlock," "Garlock," "Chadlock," and "Runsh." Derivation and meaning? 10. _Saxifraga umbrosa_, "London Pride," "Saxifrage," "St. Patrick's Cabbage." Is there a legend in connexion with this name; and in what county is this saxifrage so called? 11. _Geum urbanum_, "Yellow Avens," "Herb Bennet," "Star of the North," "Blessed Herb." These names would appear to point to some virtues supposed to be attached to this herb. What are they? 12. _Linum catharticum_, "Purge Flax," "Mill Mountain"? 13. _Sedum acre_, "Biting Stone-crop," "Jack of the Buttery," "Pricket," "Bird's Bread"? 14. _Gnaphalium germanicum_, "Common Cudweed," "Wicked Herb" (_Herba impia_), "Live-long," and "Chaff-weed." 15. _Euphorbia helioscopia_, "Sun Spurge," "Churn-staff"? juice milky, but acrid. 16. _Euphorbia cyparissius_, "Cypress Spurge," "Welcome to our House"? 17. _Chrysanthemum segetum_, "Wild Marigold," "Goules," "Goulans" (Query remains of its old name gold?), "St. John's Bloom," "Ruddes"? 18. _Spergula arvensis_, "Spurrey Yarr" (Scotch)? 19. _Chenapodium Bonus Henricus_, "Mercury Goose-foot," "Good King Henry"?