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JUNE 13. St. Antony of Padua, conf. a.d. 1231. 

 St. Damkanade, virgin in Ireland. 



Obs. St. Antony was born at Lisbon in 1195; he received his 

 surname from Padua, which city is possessed of the treasure of his 

 relicks. He was received in the little Franciscan convent in 1221. 

 After a laborious and penitential life, he retired to a solitary place 

 called Campietro, but, finding himself ill, he desired to be brought 

 back to Padua. He stopped in the suburbs, where having received 

 the rites of the church, he gave up his happy soul to him who had 

 created it on the 13th of June, 1231, being only thirty six years old. 



We have somewhere seen a picture of St. Anthony of Padua 

 preaching to the beasts and birds of the field. It is still the custom 

 at Rome to have the blessing pronounced on animals. 



Garden Ranunculus Ranunculus Asiaticus flowers. 

 Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia flowers. 

 Larkspur Delphinium consolida flowers. 

 Portugal Squil Scilla Peruviana flowers. 

 Trumpet Flower Bignonia capreolata flowers. 

 Corn Poppy Papaver Rhaeus full flower. 



The Latin name was given to the Larkspur from an idea that the 

 buds had some resemblance to a Dolphin. The French call it Pied 

 d'Alouette, I'Eperon de Chevalier, la Consoude Royale, I'Herbe 

 Sainte Othilie. The Italians, Speronella, Sperone di Cavaliere, 

 Consolida Reale, Fior Regie. English, Larkspur, Larksclaws, 

 Larksheel, Larkstoe, on account of the spurshaped nectary at the 

 back of the flower. 



The wild Larkspur grows naturally in many parts of Europe ; it 

 varies in colour. From the flowers, when blue, a good ink has been 

 made, with the addition of a little alum. 



All the Larkspurs are hardy, and may be easily raised from seed ; 

 but, as the perennial kinds do not flower the first year, it is better 

 to procure young plants of them from the nursery. The annual 

 kinds, by sowing in succession in September, October, March, and 

 April, may be had in blossom from the beginning of June to the end 

 of September : one seed in a pot of at least eight inches. They do 

 not well bear transplanting. 



Linnaeus and some others thought that the Larkspur is the 

 Hyacinth of the poets, but this opinion is considered as unfounded. 



