CANDLEMAS TIDE. 43 



FEB. 12. St.EuLALiA, virgin, of Barcelona, martyr. 



St. Benedict of Anian, abbot, a.d. 821. 



St. Meletius, patriarch of Antioch, confessor, 



St. Antony Cauleas, patr. of Constantinople, cent". 



Obs. St. Benedict of Anian was the son of Aigulph, governor of 

 Languedoc, and served as cupbearer to King Pepin and his son 

 Charlemagne. He became a monk in the Abbey of St. Seine near 

 Dijon. He practised there rigid abstinence and voluntary mortifi- 

 cation. He afterwards became celebrated as an inspector of the 

 monasteries of the whole province, and introduced several reforma- 

 tions into them. He died at the ai:e of seventy one, and his 

 reliques remain in the monastery of Cornelius in the duchy of 

 Cleves. 



St, Eulalia of Barcelona was a virgin martyr, dying on the rack, 

 to which she was fixed in the persecution of Dioclesian. She is 

 titular saint to many churches, and in Languedoc is called Olaire, 

 Aulaize, and other similar names. 



Noble Liverwort Anemone Hepatica flowers. 



The Noble Liverwort or Hepatica, which has also been called 

 Flower of St. Eulalia, begins now to shew its early flowers. There 

 are three principal varieties : 1. Lake or deep red; 2. the white ; 

 and 3d. the blue sort; all except the white become double in gar- 

 dens. They are Swiss plants, and like a light soil with a mixture 

 of bog earth, and an eastern aspect ; they do not well bear moving. 

 Transplanting them in another soil has been known to change the 

 colour of the flowers of this plant from blue to white, and the blue 

 colour has returned when the plant has been brought back to its 

 first soil, Hepaticas planted in clumps mix very well with batches 

 of Crocuses, Snowdrops, and Hellebores, and contribute much to 

 the decorations of the garden in the leafless season of the early 

 spring. 



Larks now sing, particularly in fine weather, and many other 

 birds are getting into song. Rooks are still very busy making and 

 repairing their nests. The green leaves of the Daffodil appear above 

 ground, and other signs of the early spring may be noticed when the 

 weather be mild. 



