Cow parsley is in full bloom this weekend in Cambridgeshire. It is also known as Queen Anne’s Lace, though the name is used for several other plants, including wild carrot. My mother loved this flower and always used this name so it is fitting that my parents' memorial seat, which is a tribute to their love of Toft, should be surrounded by it. It was also known by Mothers Die - a name apparently to deter children from picking the similar poisonous Hemlock.
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