The Folk-lore of Plants
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer1833. "Flowering Plants of Great Britain," iv. 109; see Dr. Prior's "Popular Names of British Plants," 1870-72. 4. Tylor's "Researches into the Early History of Mankind," p. 123. 5. See Porter Smith's "Chinese Materia Medica," p. 103; Lockhart, "Medical Missionary in China," 2nd edition, p. 107; "Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports of China," 1868, p. 63. 6. Fiske, "Myths and Mythmakers," 1873, p. 43. 7. Dr. Prior's "Popular Names of British Plants," p. 134. 8. See Kelly's "Indo-European Tradition Folk-lore," 1863, pp. 193-198; Ralston's "Russian Folk-Songs," 1872, p. 98. 9. "Mystic Trees and Flowers," Mr. D. Conway, Frasers Magazine, Nov. 1870, p. 608. 10. The "receipt," so called, was the formula of magic words to be employed during the process. See Grindon's "Shakspere Flora," 1883, p. 242. 11. "Popular Antiquities," 1849, i. 315. 12. "Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore," p. 197. 13. See Dr. Prior's "Popular Names of British Plants," p. 130; Phillips' "Flora Historica," i. 163. 14. See Sowerby's "English Botany," 1864, i., p. 144. 15. See "Folk-lore of British Plants," Dublin University Magazine, September 1873, p. 318. 15. See Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," 1852, iii. 168. 17. "Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity," 1837, p. 300. 18. See Phillips' "Pomarium Britannicum," 1821, p. 351. 19. "Plant-lore of Shakespeare," 1878, p. 101. 20. See Dr. Prior's "Popular Names of British Plants," p. 154. 21. Hogg's "Vegetable Kingdom," p. 34. 22. See Friend's "Flowers and Flower-lore," ii. 355. 23. "Mystic Trees and Flowers," Fraser's Magazine, November 1870, p. 591. 24. "Plant Lore Legends and Lyrics," p. 341.

