28. Daisy, double, Bellls perennis plenus, St. Marga- 

 ret of Hungary, A. D. 1271. 



29. Fern, flowering, Osmunda regalis, St. Francis of 

 Sales, A. D. 1622. 



30. Spleen-wort, Jlsplenium trichomanes, St. Martina. 



31. Hart's tongue, or spleen-wort, Jlsplenium scolopen- 

 drium, St. Marcella, A. D. 410. 



FEBRUARY. 



1. Moss, lesser water, Fontinalis minor, St. Ignatius. 



And Bay tree, Laurus nobilis, to St. Bridget, Pa- 

 troness of Ireland. 



2. Snow-drop, Galanthus nivalis, the purification of 

 the blessed Virgin Mary. 



3. Moss, great water, Fontinalis antipyretica, St. 

 Blase, of Armenia, A. D. 316. 



4. Moss, common hair, or Goldilocks, Polytrichum 

 commune, St. Jane, or Queen Joan, A. D. 1505. 



Bay, Indian, Laurus Indica, St. Margaret, of England. 



5. Primrose, common, Primula vulgaris, St. Agatha. A 

 Sicilian Martyr, A. D. 251. 



Primrose, red, Primula acaulis, St. Adelaide, A. D. 

 1015. 



6. Hyacinth, blue, Hyacinthus orientalis, St. Dorothy, 

 A. D. 308. 



7- Cyclamen, round-leafed, Cyclamen coum, St. Romu- 

 ald, 1027. 



8. Moss, narrow-leafed, spring, Mnium androgynum, 

 St. John, of Matha, 1213. 



9. Narcissus, Roman, Narcissus Romanus, St. Apol- 

 lonia, A. D. 249. 



10. Mezereon, Daphne J\Iezereon, St. Scholastics, 

 A. D. 543. 



Moss, silky fork, Mnium heteromallum, St. Coteris, 

 4th Century. 



11. Primrose, red, Primula verna^rubra, St. Theodora, 

 Empress, 367. 



12. Anemone noble Liverwort, JLnemonc hepatica, 

 St. Eulalia, of Barcelona. 



13. Polyanthos, Primula Polyanthos, St. Catharine 

 de Ricci, 1589. 



14. Crocus, yellow, Crocus msesiacus, or C. aureus, 

 St. Valentine. St. Valentine, is the lover's saint. He was 

 Priest, of Rome, and married there, about the year A. D. 270. 



The 14th of February, is the day on which those charm- 

 ing little missives, yclep'd Valentines, cross, and intercross 

 each other, at every street and turning. The weary, and all- 

 for-spent twopenny postman sinks beneath a load of delicate 

 embarrassments, not his own. 



" Where can the postman be, I say? 

 He ought to fly on such a day! 

 Of all days in the year, you know, 

 Its monstrous rude to be so slow: 

 The fellow's so exceeding stupid 

 Hark there he is! oh the dear cupid." 



15. Crocus, cloth of gold, Crocus sulphureus, St. Sigi- 

 frida, Bishop of Sweden, A. D. 1002. 



16. Primrose, lilac, Primula acaulis plena, St. Juliana. 



17- Crocus, Scotch, Crocus susianus, St. Flavian, Arch- 

 bishop of Constantinople, 449. 



18. Speedwell, wall, Veronica vernus arvensis, St. Si- 

 meon, Bishop of Jerusalem, A. D. 116. 



19. Speedwell, field, Veronica agrestis, St. Barbatus, 

 patron of Benevento, Bishop, A. D. 682. 



20. Cynoglossum omphalodes, or C. lusitanicum, St. 

 Mildred, Abbess of Munster. 



21. Crocus, white, Crocus albus, St. Servianus, Bishop, 

 A. D. 452. 



22. Margaret, herb, Bellis perennis, St. Margaret, of 

 Cortona, 1297. 



23. Apricot tree, Primus armeniaca, St. Milburge, of 

 England. 



24. Fern, great, Osmunda regalis, St. Ethelbert, King 

 of Kent, England. 



25. Peach blossom, Jlmigdalus persica, St. Walburg, 

 Abbess of Swabia, Germany. 



26. Periwinkle, lesser, Vlnca minor, St. Victor, 

 7th Century. 



27. Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis, St. Leander, 

 Bishop, 596. 



28. Crocus, purple, Crocus vernus, St. Proterius, Patri- 

 arch of Alexandria, A. D. 557. 



MARCH. 



1. Leek, common, Jllliumporrum, St. David, of Wales, 

 Archbishop, A. D. 544. 



Wearing the Leek, was customary in the time of Shaks- 

 peare. It is noticed in his K. H. V. 



The Welshman, Fluellen, wears his leek in the battle 

 of Agincourt. 



2. Chickweed, dwarf mouse-ear, Cerastium pumilum, 

 St. Chad, or Ceada, Martyr under the Lombards, in the 6th 

 century. 



3. Marigold, golden-fig, Mesembryanthemum aureum, 

 St. Cunegundes, Empress, A. D. 1640. 



4. Chickweed, common, Jllsine media, St. Casimir, 

 Prince of Poland, A. D. 1458. 



5. Hellebore, green, Helleborus viridis, St. Adrian, 

 A. D. 309. 



6. Lily, lent, Pseudo-narcissus multiplex, St. Colette, 

 Bishop. 



7. Daffodil, early, Narcissus simplex, St. Perpetua. 

 She was martyred, under the Emperor Severus, A. D. 203. 



8. Rose, ever bio wing, Rosa semperjlorens, St. Rosa, of 

 Viterbo, A. D. 1261. 



Jonquil, great, Narcissus lostus, St. Felix, A. D. 646. 



9. Daffodil, hoop-petticoat, Narcissus bulbocodium, 

 St. Catharine of Bologna, A. D. 1463. 



10. Chickweed, upright, Veronica triphyllos, St. Droc- 

 tavoeus, Abbot, A. D. 580. 



11. Heath, cornish, Erica vagans, St.Eulogius, of Cor- 

 dova, A. D. 851. 



12. Ixia, or crocus leaved Mistletoe, Ixia bulbocodium, 

 or Viscum albus bulbus: St. Gregory, the Great, Prartor 

 of Rome, A. D. 574. 



