The Buttercup — the Barbaris — The Waterlily and Poppies, The Ferns — the Coles — the Mignonette — The Rock Rose and the Violet. The Milkwort — Sea Heath and the Pink The Purslane and the Tamarink Two Worts, the Water and St John Then Mallow, Linden, Flax, take on With Cranes bill, Holly, Spindle Tree The Buckthorn, Madder and the Pea. Rose, Saxifrage and Stoncrop pale The Sun-dew, Loosestrife and Mare's-tail. The Willow Herb, White Briony Fools' Parsley and the Owl's Ivy Dog, Honey, Beds, Va-le-ri-an— The Teasle, Comfit, Bellflower, Crane Heath, Birdsnest, Swift and Primrose too Olive, Periwink and Gentian blue. (These come to fifty, and the adder Will find himself on Jacob's Ladder) Now — Jacob's ladder scaled — observe Bor—Bind—Night—Fig—Brown—Butter—Verve—* The Labeates, Plantain, and Knot-Grass Amaranth, goosefoot, Persica's Daphne, Sea Buckthorn, Nettle go Before [?]thwort and Miseltoe Sandal and berry of the crow Spurge, Hornwort, Myrtle of the Bog Mast-bearing Willow Bit of Hog. The Orchid, Iris, Amarylis — Black Briony and all the Lilies Rush, Reed-mace, Cuckoo—[?] succeed Ducks-[?] Water-plantain weed Pipe wort and Sedge in watery mead The Grasses (I have almost done) Bring up the list to ninety-one. The Monkey Puzzle's ninety-two The Ninety-Third I know is you. *The missing ends, I should explain Are — age, weed, shade, wort, rape, wort, ain.
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