Now the text of MR. COLLIER'S monovolume reprint contains many of the emendations of the commentators _not_ referred to in _Notes and Emendations_. For example: in _The Taming of the Shrew_, where Biondello runs in to announce the coming down the hill of the "ancient angel" (changed by the corrector into _ambler_), two other alterations in the same sentence appear without explanation in the _regulated text_, namely, _mercatante_ substituted by Steevens for "marcantant" of the folios; and _surely_ in lieu of "surly," which latter is the word of _the folio of 1632_. I now ask MR. COLLIER, on what authority were these emendations adopted? C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY. Birmingham. * * * * * Replies. WILD PLANTS AND THEIR NAMES. (Vol. vii., pp. 175. 233.) Perhaps the following may prove of some use to ENIVRI, in reply to his Query respecting the names of certain wild flowers. 1. Shepherd's Purse (_Bursa pastoris_). "Sic dict. a folliculis seminum, qui crumenulam referre videntur." Also called Poor Man's Parmacitty, "Quia ad contusos et casu afflictos instar spermatis ceti utile est." Also St. James's Wort, "Quia circa ejus festum florescit," July 28th. Also called Pick-purse. 2. Eye-bright, according to Skinner (_Euphrasia_), Teut. _Augentrost_; "Oculorum solamen, quia visum eximie acuit." Fluellin (_Veronica femina_), "Forte a Leolino aliquo Cambro-Brit. ejus inventore." 3. Pass Wort, or Palsy Wort (_Primula veris_). "Herba paralyseos." 4. Guelder Rose (_Sambucus rosea_). "Quia ex Gueldria huc translata est." Gueldria is, or rather was, a colony, founded by the Hollanders, on the coast of Coromandel. 5. Ladies' Tresses, a corruption of _traces_. A kind of orchis, and used, with its various appellations, "sensu obsc." 6. The Kentish term _Gazel_ is not improbably the same as _Gale_, which, Skinner says, is from the A.-S. _Gagel_ (_Myrtus brabantica_). 7. Stitch Wort (_Gramen leucanthemum_, alias _Holostium pumilum_). "Sic dict. quia ad dolores laterum punctorios multum prodesse creditur." 8. The term _Knappert_, for Bitter Vetch, is probably a corruption of Knap Wort, the first syllable of which, as in Knap Weed and Knap Bottle, is derived from the sound or snap emitted by it when struck in the hollow of the hand. 9. Charlock (_Rapum sylvestre_); Anglo-Saxon _Cerlice_. {36} 10. London Pride or Tufts (_Armeria prolifera_). "Sic dict. quia flores propter pulchritudinem Londini valde expetuntur." (?) 11. Avens; also Herb Bennet (_Caryophyllata_). Skinner says, "Herba Benedicta ab insigni radicis vulneraria vi." (?) 12. Mill Mountain, or Purge Flax (_Linum sylvestre catharticum_, or _Chamaelinum_). "Montibus gaudet." 13. Jack of the Buttery. "_Sedi_ species sic dict. quia in tecto galacterii crescit." Pricket: "a sapore acri." 14. Cudweed or Cotton Weed; Live-long. "Quia planta perennis est." 15. Sun Spurge. "Quia flores ad ortum solis se aperiunt." Churn Staff, from its similarity.