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FEB. 21. St. Severianus, bp. of Scythopolis, m. 

 A.D. 452. 

 SS. German, abbot of Granfel, and Randaut, mm. 

 SS. Daniel, priest, and Verda, virgin, martyrs. 

 B. Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace. 



Obs. In tlie reign of Marcian and St. Pulcheria, the council of 

 Chalcedon, which condemned the Eutychian heresy, was received 

 by St. Euthymius and a great part of the monks of Palestine ; but 

 Theodosius, an ignorant Eutychian monk, possessed of a tyrannical 

 temper, under the protection of the Empress Eudoxia, who lived at 

 Jerusalem, after perverting many among the monks themselves, 

 obliged Juvenal, bishop of Jerusalem, to withdraw, and thus took 

 possession of that important see. He raised a cruel persecution, and 

 at the head of a band of soldiers carried desolation over the country. 

 Many courageously stood their ground. Severianus, bishop of 

 Scythopolis, was seized, dragged out of the city, and received the 

 crown of martyrdom in the latter part of the year 452, or in the 

 beginning of the year 453. His name occurs in the Roman Martyr- 

 ology on the 21st of February. 



Lilac Crocus Crocus verticolor flowers. 



This plant blows a fortnight later than the Early Yellow Crocus, 

 the two Cloth of Gold Crocusses, and the Scotch Crocus ; our 

 present species, which resembles the Scotch sort in its flower, 

 except that it is rather more inclined to lilac than white, and has 

 paler stripes, is now just coming into blow in early years. A sandy 

 soil suits all this genus. We have known Croci retarded nearly a 

 month by cold weather, while Snowdrops almost always come to 

 their regular time. 



Red Butterflies, concealed in the house in winter, now in mild 

 days sometimes usher forth in our rooms. 



To a Butterfly in a Window. 



Escaped thy place of wintry rest. 



And in thy brightest colours drest. 

 Thy new born wings prepared for flight ; 



Ah ! do not. Butterfly, in vain 



Thus flutter on the crystal pane. 

 But go ! and soar to life and light. 



