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MARCH 29. St. Eustasius, abbot, a.d. 625. 

 St. Gundleus, confessor. 

 St. Mark, bishop and confessor. 

 SS. Armogastes, Archinimus, and Saturus, martyrs. 

 SS. Jonas and others, mm. in 327, 



Obs. St. Eustasius otherwise spelled Eustachius succeeded St. 

 Columban in 611. He was spiritual father to 600 monks and many 

 bishops and saints. His life is written by his colleague Jonas, and 

 he is mentioned in the Bollandists and Mabillon. 



St. Gundleus was a Welsh saint, formerly much venerated in 

 that country. 



Oxelip Primula elatior flowers. 

 Fumitory Fumaria officinalis flowers. 



The Oxelip is the large sort of Cowslip, and by some botanists 

 made only a variety of that plant, while others consider it an inter- 

 mediate variety between that plant and the Primrose. We have 

 seen the Oxelip and the Cowslip grow together in the lanes in 

 Sussex without producing any very distinct intermediate varieties. 

 The Oxelip certainly flowers rather earlier than the Cowslip, and is 

 by no means so common, nor does it ever cover the meadows in 

 numbers. The Polyanthus, another variety, is now become plenti- 

 ial. The Common Officinal Fumitory that now flowers in our gar- 

 dens and waste places is the only species of this genus used in 

 Pharmacy, and it is almost gone out of use. 



In early seasons, as for instance in 1822, the large Saxifraga 

 crassijolia blows at this time, though it commonly comes into flower 

 later. 



Water Wagtails in some seasons are now abundantly seen. 



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