Dog Wood (_Cornus sanguinea_) is the wild Cornel; and Dog Berries the fruit of that herb, which was also formerly called Hound’s Tree. Dr. Prior thinks that this name has been misunderstood, and that it is derived from the old English word _dagge_, or dagger, which was applied to the wood because it was used for skewers by butchers. The ancient Greeks knew a plant (supposed to be a species of _Antirrhinum_) which they called _Cynocephalia_ (Dog’s Head), as well as Osiris; and to this plant Pliny ascribes extraordinary properties. As a rule, the word “Dog,” when applied to any plant, implies contempt. After the Fox has been named, from its shape, the _Alopecurus pratensis_, Fox-Tail-grass; and the _Digitalis_ has been given the name of Fox-Glove. The Goat has its Weed (_Ægopodium Podagraria_), and has given its name to the _Tragopogon pratensis_, which, on account of its long, coarse pappus, is called Goat’s Beard. _Caprifolium_, or Goat’s Leaf, is a specific name of the Honeysuckle, given to it by the old herbalists, because the leaf, or more properly the stem, climbs and wanders over high places where Goats are not afraid to tread. A species of Sow Thistle, the _Sonchus oleraceus_, is called the Hare’s Palace, from a superstitious notion that the Hare derives shelter and courage from it. Gerarde calls it the Hare’s Lettuce, a name given to it by Apuleius, because, when the Hare is fainting with heat or fatigue, she recruits her failing strength with it. Dr. Prior gives the following extracts from old authors respecting this curious tradition. Anthony Askam says, “yf a Hare eate of this herbe in somer, when he is mad, he shal be hole.” Topsell also tells us in his ‘Natural History,’ p. 209, that “when Hares are overcome with heat, they eat of an herb called _Lactuca leporina_, that is, the Hare’s-lettuce, Hare’s-house, Hare’s-palace; and there is no disease in this beast, the cure whereof she does not seek for in this herb.” This plant is sometimes called Hare’s Thistle. _Bupleurum rotundifolium_ is termed Hare’s Ear, from the shape of its leaves, as is also _Erysimum orientale_. _Trifolium arvense_ is Hare’s Foot, from the soft grey down which surrounds the blossoms resembling the delicate fur of the Hare’s foot. Both _Lagurus oratus_, and the flowering Rush, _Eriophorum vaginatum_, are called Hare’s Tail, from the soft downy inflorescence.