THE CALENDAR OF FLORA. 283 



*IX. SOWING MONTH. 



From the firft blow of the meadow jciffr on to the de-^ 

 parture of the fw allow. 



Pomifer autumnus fruges effudic ct mox 

 Briima, recurrit iners. 



Aug. VIII. 

 xxviii. Saffron, meadow, ^y^-i- Colchicum 



autumn. 

 ^his plant ought to admonifh gardeners to put Indian 

 plants under fhelter., as the iron nights are near, 

 'The Iron nights, as they are called with us,ge^ 

 Tier ally happen between Augujl 17 and 29, and d?- 

 ftroy tender plants. 

 After the blow of the jneadow faffron^ we haveftorms 

 that fhake off ripe feeds. 



Fern, female, 1 24. i . Pteris aquiUna., grows 

 yellow in the woods after the firjl cold 

 nights. 

 xxxi. A gentle fr oft that fear cely did anv daraage. 

 Sept. IX. 



i. Adonis flower, 251.1. Adonis annua fer. 

 Mulberry tree, 1429. H. Morus nigra^ 

 grows pale. 

 iv. Fig tree, 1 43 1 . H. Ficus carica^grows pale. 

 vi. Wormwood, /^^, 188.2. Artemilia ma- 

 ritima. 

 Travellers joy, 258.1. Clematis vitalha, 

 xi. The fr oft has deftroyedfouthcrn plants. 

 xii. The fr oft milder. 

 xiv. Seeds to be gathered. 



* By fov/ing, in this phce, is meant not man's but nature's. 



I Sampire 



