158 WIIITSUN TIDE? 



JUNE 6. St. Norbeut, bishop and conf. a.d. 1134. 

 St. Philip the Deacon, 58. 

 St. Gudwall, bishop and conf. 6th cent. 

 St. Claude, abp 696. 



Obs. St. Norbert was born at Santen in the duchy of Cleves in 

 1080. In 1 132 he was chosen Bishop of Magdaburg ; when the Saint 

 was the only person not pleased with the nomination. After fulfil- 

 ling the duties of his bishopric with the utmost zeal and piety, St. 

 Norbert fell ill, and, after four months' tedious sickness, died the 

 death of the just on the 6th of June, in the fifty third year of his age, of 

 our redemption 1134. He was canonized by Gregory XIII. in 1582. 



St. Norbert's Pink Dianthus deltoides full flower. 

 Dog Rose Rosa canina flowers. 

 Downy Rose Rosa fomentosa flowers. 

 White Rose Rosa alba flowers. 

 Musk Rose Rosa moschata flowers. 

 Moss Rose Rosa muscosa flowers. 

 Variegated Iris Iris varkgata full flower. 

 Particoloured Iris Iris versicolor full flower. 



^Vith St. Barnaby Tide nearly all the Roses, wild as well as 

 cultivated, begin to flower, and continue till tlie end of the solstitial 

 season, and some of these last through part of the aestival till 

 St. JMagdalen, between which time and Lammas Tide the whole of 

 this beautiful tribe are decayed, and give place to the late aestival 

 plants. As Primroses and Violets decorate the banks in spring, so 

 Roses adorn the hedges at Midsummer, and during June and the 

 early part of July constitute one of their principal ornaments. In 

 our gardens, too, the Roses begin now to blow, and florists have 

 greatly encreased their number by the cultivation of varieties. The 

 large pink Cabbage Rose, perhaps the commonest of all, is 

 already in blow, as is the Red Rose, the Scotch Rose, the White 

 Rose, and in very early years the Moss Rose. The Musk Rose 

 also begins to appear, but, the average days of their flowering being 

 somewhat later, they will be found in their proper places. 



The Ro~e lias always been a favourite t^ower, though it- Lompanion the 

 Pink is called Diantlius or Flos Jovis, as if by excellence. A spurious lejfend 

 of St. Cecilia relates that she received a miraculous crown of Koscs. We shall 

 say more of the Hose by and bye, and shall conclude today with the foUowins- 

 be:iutiful verses of Tasso : 



Dell mira, cgli cantu spuntar la Rosa 



Dal verde suo modesta e veigiiiella, 



Che mezjo aperta aiicora e mezzo ascosa, 



Quaiito si mostru men, tanto ^ piti bella, 



Ecco poi nudo il sen cia baldangosa 



Dispiega: ecco poilan^ue.e non par quella 



Quella non par, che desiata avanti 



Fu da mille donzelle c mille amanti. 



Cosi trapassa al trapassar d'un giorno 



Delia vita mortale il fiore, e '1 verde. 



Gerutal. Liberals. 



