16. Welcome to our House (_Tithymalus Cyparissias_). "Ob pulchritudinem suam omnibus expetitus." 17. Ruddes (_Fl. Calendulae_). "A colore aureo." Wild or Corn Marigold. "Q. d. aurum Mariae, a colore sc. floris luteo." Gouls or Goulans, with a half-suppressed _d_, may very well be supposed to indicate its natural name--Gold. Another name of this plant is Lockron, or Locker Goulans. 18. Spurry (_Spergula_). "Sic dict. quia folia ejus octo, angusta, stelliformia, radios calcaris satis exacte referunt." 19. Mercury Goose-foot. Probably a goose-foot resembling Mercury (_Mercurialis_), a herb concerning which Skinner doubts, but suggests, "Quia Mercurio, ut ceterae omnes plantae planetis, appropriata sit." Another name is Good Henry,--I find not Good _King_ Henry--(_Lapathum unctuosum_), "A commodo ejus usu in enematis." It is also called All-good, forasmuch as it is useful, not only for its medicinal qualities, but also in supplying the table with a substitute for other vegetables, such as asparagus. A plant termed in this country Gang Flower is the same as Rogation Flower, recalling the perambulation of parishes on one of those days. There is a vast fund of interesting matter in these old names of wild flowers (mixed up, of course, with much that is trifling); and I cordially agree with your correspondent, that it is well worth a steady effort to rescue the fast-fading traditions relating to them. It must be confessed, however, that the obstacles in the way of tracing the original meaning and supposed virtues, will in many instances be found very great, arising principally from the fanciful translations and corruptions which our ancestors made of the old names. Take, for instance, the following: Loose Strife or Herb Willow, from _Lysimachia_, the original being undoubtedly a man's name, Lysimachus. Ale-hoof (_Hedera terrestris_). Anglo-Saxon _Al behofian_. "Herba [Greek: panchrestos], ad multos usus efficacissima." Herb Ambrose has a Greek origin, [Greek: ambrotos], and is not indebted to the saint of that name. Comfrey or Cumfrey. "Herba vulnera _conferruminans_;" good for joining the edges of a wound. Calathian Violets. Simply cupped violets, from [Greek: kalathos]. Brank Ursin (_Acanthus_). "It. brancha, unguis ursinus." Blood Strange; properly, _String_. To stanch. Bertram. A corruption of [Greek: purethron] (_Pyrethrum_). Spreusidany, Hair-strong, Sulphur Wort. Corrupted from _Peucedanum_. Pell-a-mountain, Wild Thyme. From _Serpyllum montanum_. Faceless. From _Phaseolus_, dim. of _Phaselus_; so called from its shallop shape. Stick-a-dove, French Lavender. From [Greek: stoichas, stoichados], _Stoechas_; so called from the regularity of the petals. Such instances might be multiplied to almost any extent.