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APRIL 28. St. Vitalis, martyr, a.d. 62, 

 SS. Didymus and Theodora, martyrs, 304. 

 SS. PoUio, Lector, and other martyrs. 

 St. Cronan, abbot in Ireland. 

 St. Patricius, bishop of Prusa, m. 



Obs. St. Vitalis is honoured as the principal patron of the city 

 of Ravenna, in which he glorified God by martyrdom in the perse- 

 cution of Nero, He was a citizen of Milan, and is said to have 

 been father of Saints Gervasius and Protasius. St. Vitalis was 

 stretched on a rack, and, after other torments, was buried alive in a 

 place called the Palmtree in Ravenna, as Fortunalus and his acts 

 relate. 



Yellow Rattle Galeobdolum luteum flowers. 



Cuckoo VwiiArum maculatum flowers. 



Hedge Mustard Ery senium Alliaria flowers. 



Apple Tree Pyrus malus sativus flowers. 



Creeping Crowfoot Ranunculus repens flowers. 



Bulbous Crowfoot Ranunculus bulbosus full flower. 



The well known plants called by children Lords and Ladies 

 Arum macuUitum now appear under hedges and on shaded banks 

 by the sides of fields. Tlie word is composed of Our Lord and Our 

 Lady, being one of the religious emblems of antient piety when the 

 monk's and friars were both botanists and physicians. The deep 

 coloured Flowers are the Lords, and the pale ones the Ladies. 



The Yellow Rattle now seen in our hedges much resembles the 

 Rhimnthus Crista Galli, but flowers a month sooner ; inexperienced 

 persons, as I have observed, have mistaken the one for the other. 



The Apple Tree is now in blossom, and the Pear Trees and 

 Cherries in full bloom. 



The Creeping Crov/foot is quite scarce yet, only flowering here 

 and there in gardens ; but the Bulbous Crowfoot is pretty common 

 in some places. . 



The Hedge Mustard is also called Jack by the Hedge, and is a 

 troublesome weed, which having neither beauty nor utility to re- 

 commend it Hke some weeds, ought to be eradicated whenever it is 

 found in a garden. 



