164 VTHITSUK TIDE. 



JUNE 12. St. Johk of Sahagun, hermit, a.d. 1479. 

 SS. Basilides, Quirinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, mm. 

 St. Eskil, bishop and martyr. 

 St. Onuphrius, hermit. 

 St. Ternan, bishop and confessor. 



Obs. St. John was a native of Sahagun in Spain. He took the 

 religious habit of the hermits of St. Austin in Salamanca in 1463: 

 he made his solemn vows on the 28th of August in 1464. In 1471 

 the Saint was chosen prior of his convent. St. John, being visited 

 with his last sickness, foretold his death, and happily slept in the 

 Lord, on the 11th of June, 1479. 



That St. John recorded today should have foretold his death is not 

 recorded as any thing very extraordinary, and we may mention that 

 in modern times we have had numberless instances of persons who 

 have foretold the day and even the hour of their death for months 

 beforehand. Such facts are on record, and need no comment. But 

 for numerous similar facts we can vouch. 



White Dog Rose Rosa arvensis full flower. 



Forster's Thistle Cnicus hetercphyllus flowers. 



Common Pyracanth Mespilus Pyracanthus flowers. 



Peachleaved Bellflower Campanula persicifolia fl. 



Of the Peachleaved Bellflower our gardens contain three of foui 

 varieties, one of which is white, the rest deep blue ; the bells are 

 more expanded than in the generality of Campanulas. This is a 

 very elegant species, and will grow in almost any soil. 



The garden affords us a rich supply of vegetables usually at this 

 time ; among numerous others, the produce of the kitchen garden, in 

 this month, we may observe 



The martial Pea, 

 In column square arranged, line after line 

 Successive ; the gay Bean, her hindmost ranks 

 Stript of their blossoms ; the thick scattered bed 

 Of soporific Lettuce ; the green hill 

 Covered with Cucumbers. 

 Peas which are first cropt in May continue all summer, but are 

 at no time more numerous than now. They are among the most 

 wholesome of all our garden vegetables. 



