94 PASQUE? 



APRIL 3. SS. Agape, Chionia, and Irene, sisters, 

 &c. mm. in 304. 



St. Richard, bishop and confessor. 



St. Ulpian, m. 



St. Nicetas, abbot, in 824. 



Obs. These three sisters lived at Thessalonica, and their parents 

 were heathens when they suffered martyrdom ; having, contrary to 

 the orders of the Emperor Dioclesian, concealed many volumes of 

 Holy Scriptures, they were denounced, and condemned by the 

 Governor Dulcetius to be burnt alive, which sentence was executed 

 upon Agape and Chionio on the 3d of April, 304, and upon Irene 

 on the 5th of April, in the same year. 



Evergreen Alkanet Anchusa semper vivens flowers. 



Wallflower Cheiranthus Cheiri flowers. 



Blue Navelwort Cynoglossum Omphalodes full fl. 



Clarimond Tulip Tulipa praecox begins to flower. 



Van Thol Tulip Tulipa suaveolens full flower. 



Hyacinth Hyacintlms orientalis full flower. 



In most seasons the flowering of the Wallflower so generally be- 

 gins at this time that today has been called, in Sussex, Wallflower 

 Day. This plant continues to ornament our gardens, old walls, 

 and roofs, till the middle of May, gradually giving place to the 

 Stock. Blue Navelwort is now in full flower, as are Hyacinths, 

 Narcissuses, Early Tulips, and Daffodils. The Common Jonquil is 

 now added to the other sorts ; and the Narcissus tubiflorus and 

 JV, major begin to blow. N. Tazetta, N. orientalis, N. italicus, and 

 indeed most of the genus, are now in blow. Pilewort everywhere 

 covers the banks and fields, and Primroses are already numerous. 

 Daisies and Dandelions become common ; and the Red Archangel, 

 indeed most of the genus Lamium, are in full flower. 



Maundt Thursday, or, as it is in the missals, Dies Mandati, 

 occurs today in 1828. 



About this time of year the changes of the weather from March's 

 cold and variable gales to the warmer air and more refreshing 

 showers of spring is often marked by a great variety in the appear- 

 ance of the clouds, which in all their several modifications will be 

 found particularly described in Researches about Atmospheric Fhe- 

 nomena, by T. Forster, f.l.s. London 1823. 



