Ramsons (allium ursinum, fl. albo):  tast like garlick:  they grow much in Cranbourn Chace.  A proverb:  —

        “Eate leekes in Lide,* and ramsins in May,
        And all the yeare after physitians may play”.

* March.

[I have seen this old proverb printed, “Eat leekes in Lent, and raisins in May, &c.” — J. B.]

No wild oates in Wiltshire, or rarely.  In Somersetshire, common.  (There is abundance of wild oats in the middle part of Wiltsh., especially in the west clay of Market Lavington field, when the crop is barley. — Bishop tanner.)
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Thorowax beares a pretty little yellow flower, not much unlike the blowing of a furze that growes so common on the downes, close to the ground:  the bees love it extremely. (There is a mistake in thorowax, or perfoliata; for that rises to a good stature, and hath no such flower.  I suppose the plant you mean is trifolium corniculatum, or bird’s-foot trefoil.-J.  Ray.)
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The right honorable James, Earle of Abingdon, tells me that there are plenty of morillons about Lavingtons, which he eates, and sends to London.  Methinkes ’tis a kind of ugly mushroom.  Morillons we have from Germany and other places beyond sea, which are sold here at a deare rate; the outer side is like a honeycombe.  I have seen them of nine inches about They grow near the rootes of elmes.

Poppy (papaver) is common in the corn fields; but the hill above Harnham, by Salisbury, appeares a most glorious scarlet, it is so thick there.

“Ilia soporiferum, parvas initura penates, Colligit agresti lene papaver humo.  Dum legit oblito fertur gustàsse palato, Longamq{ue} imprudens exsoluisse famem”. — Ovid.  Fast. lib. iv. ___________________________________

In a ground of mine called Swices (which is a neck of land at the upper end of the field called Shatcomb) growes abundantly a plant called by the people hereabout crow-bells, which I never saw any where but there.  “Swice”, in the old English, signifies a neck.
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Dwarfe-elder (ebulus) at Box, &c. common enough:  at Falston and Stoke Verdon, in the high waies.  The juice of ebulus turnes haire black; and being mingled with bull’s fatt is Dr. Buller’s remedie for the gowte.

The best way to dye haire browne is to take alhanna in powder, mix’t with fair water as thick as mustard:  lay it on the haire, and so tye it up in a napkin for twelve houres time.  Doe thus for six dayes together, putting on fresh every day for that time.  This will keep the haire browne for one whole yeares time after it.  The alhanna does prepare the hair and makes it of a darke red or tawny colour.  Then they take “takout”, which is like a small gall, and boyle it in oyle till it hath drunk up all the oyle; then pulverize it, and