ALPIIEGE TIDE. 109 



APRIL 18. St. Apollonius the Apologist, martyr, 



A.D. 186. 



St. Galdin, archbishop of Milan, 1176. 



St. Laserian, bishop in Ireland, 638. 



Obs. St. Apollonius was a Roman senator. He was a person 

 very well vrrsed both in philosophy and the Holy Scripture. 

 Apollonius was publicly accused of Christianity by one of his slaves : 

 he was referred to the judgment of the Roman senate to give an 

 account of his faith, but, courageously persisting in his rehgious 

 profession, he was condemned by a decree of the senate, and be- 

 headed, about the year 186. 



Musk Narcissus Narcissus moschatus flowers. 

 Common Trillium Trillium sessile flowers. 

 Common Cyclamen Cyclamen vulgare full flower. 



The word Ulmifrondes marlted under tliis day in the Ephemeris of 

 Nature relates to the young leaves of the Elm Trees, which are now 

 partly expanded in early years, and in late ones the buds are ready 

 to break into leaf. The Elm is in leaf on an average three weeks 

 before the Oak, and a fortnight before the Beach, though later than 

 the Sycamore, the Larch, or the Maple. What is called the Weech 

 Elm comes into leaf near a week later than the common Elm. The 

 Elm is perhaps one of the most agreeable trees of the forest ; and, if 

 not so picturesque in its decaying state as the Oak, nevertheless its 

 foliage is more dense, and its shade therefore much more cool and 

 refreshing in summer. In this respect it can vie with the spreading 

 Beech so celebrated by the poets for its umbrageous boughs. In 

 soils that produce Oaks in abundance there are few Elms, as in parts 

 of Sussex. In Essex they are very much mixed. 



The Ground Ivy or Alehoof before noticed is now in its fullest 

 flower. Clarimond, Tulips, Narcissuses, Hyacinths, and other ver- 

 nal flowers are common in our gardens, and the primaveral and 

 vernal Floras begin to unite, the latter gradually advancing as the 

 former goes off. The Cyclamen is now in full flower. The wild 

 yellow Tulip did not come into flower till today, this late season. 

 This plant is so regular with us to the 16th of April, that we reckon 

 a difference of a few days an unusual occurrence. 



Goslings become common. 



