Excerpt from Gaelic Names of Plants, (Scottish and Irish) Collected and Arranged in Scientific Order: With Notes on Their Etymology, Their Uses, Plant, Superstitions, Among the Celts, With Copious Gaelic, English, and Scientific Indices For the sake of comparison a number Of Welsh names is given, selected from the Oldest list of names obtainable, - those appended to Gerard's Herbalist, ' 1597. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.