With bays, and rosemary, 



And laurel complete; 

 And every one now 



Is a king in conceit. 



From " Poor Robin's Almanac, for 1695." 



26. Heath, purple, Erica purpurea, St. Stephen, the 

 first Martyr. 



27. Heath, flame, Erica flammea, St. John, the Apostle 

 and Evangelist. 



28. Heath, bloody-flowered, Erica cruenta, the Holy 

 Innocents who suffered from Herod's cruelty. 



29. Heath, Erica genistopha, St. Thomas, Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, 1170. 



30. Ponthieva, glandular, Ponthieva glandvlosa, St. 

 Anysia, A. D. 304. 



There is no flower appropriated to the 31st December. 



" If New Year's eve night-winds blow South, 



It betokens warmth and growth; 



If West, much milk, and fish in the sea; 



If North, much cold, and storms there will be; 



If East, the trees will bear much fruit; 



If North-east, flee it man and brute." 



And the next to this is New-Year's day, 



Whereon to every frende, 

 They costly presents in do bring, 



And New-Year's gifts do sende. 

 These gifts the husband gives his wife, 



And father eke the childe, 

 And master on his men bestowes 



The like, with favour milde. 



From the Latin of Thos. Naogeorgus, 



toritten in 1553. Translated by Barnarbe Googe. 



