26 ST. Paul's tide. 



JAN. 26. St. Polycakp, bishop of Smyrna, 

 A.D. 166. 

 St. Paula, widow. 

 St. Conon, bishop of the Isle of Man. 



Obs. St. Polycarp was one of tlie most illustrious of the Apos- 

 tolic Fathers, and was a disciple of the Apostles. He was Bishop of 

 Smyrna a great many years, and suffered martyrdom for the Catholic 

 cause in the year 166. 



St. Paula was a Roman lady, and born the 5th of May, 347. 



An epigram says, 



Jam Polycarpus ades, lux est sacrataque Paulae, 

 Nam dici haec hodie Paulus heri soleat. 



White Coltsfoot or Butterbur Tussilago alba flowers. 



The flowering of the early White Butterbur today has given in 

 the Calendar of Nature its name. This plant, a native of Europe, 

 though not of England, is in mild seasons in flower by this time. Its 

 flower is white, but has no smell like the Tussilago fragrans, still in 

 flower, whose fragrance is often perceived at the distance of some 

 hundreds of yards. 



Both the White Butterbur and the Sweet Coltsfoot might be natu- 

 ralized in this country, as they have already been in certain parts of 

 Sussex by escaping from gardens : at Hartfield both species grovv as 

 if v/ild, and in time will become so. The white species has been 

 called St. Paula's Flower, from often in mild seasons beginning to 

 flower about this time. 



The Sweet Coltsfoot, when planted in a large pot, and kept in the 

 greenhouse or in a room without a fire, will often blow all the winter, 

 and it sends forth a delicious fragrance which fills the house. 



