166 TRINITY TIDE? 



JUNE 14. St. Basil the Great, b. and c. a.d. 379. 



SS. Rufinus and Valerius, martyrs, 3d age. 



St. Methodius, patriarch of Constantinople, 846. 



St. Docmael, confessor, 6th cent. 



St. Nennus of Ireland, abbot, 654. 



St. Psalmodius of Ireland, hermit, 630. 



06s. St. Basil the Great was bom in the year 329 at Caesarea, 

 the metropolis of Capadocia. In 370 he was made bishop of that 

 city, and for eight years fulfilled that see with the most exemplary 

 zeal and piety. In 378 St. Basil fell sick ; the whole city was in 

 the utmost grief, but his time was come, and after recommending 

 his soul to God he departed this life on the 1st of January, 379, 

 being fifty one years old. 



Sweet Basil Oscimum Basilicum flowers. 

 Smallbulbed Iris Iris Xiphium flowers. 

 Greatbulbed Iris Iris Xiphioides flowers. 

 Lurid Iris Iris lurida in full flower. 

 Nightsmelling Rocket Hesperis tristis flowers. 



The Iris Xiphioides has a very neatlooking reddish or duncoIoureJ 

 root ; it flowers with a deep blue flower, and makes a handsome 

 appearance. A rich and rather moist soil suits it. 



Hesperis is from the Greek, and signifies evening ; the flowers are 

 so called because they smell sweetest at that time. The other 

 names are Rocket, Dame's Violets, Damask Violets, Queen's 

 Gillowflowers, Rogue's Gilliflowers, Winter Gilliflowers, and Close 

 Sciences, In French, la JuHenne, la Juliana, la Cassolette, la 

 Giroflee Musquee, la Giroflee des Dames, la Violette des Dames, 

 la Juliane de Xuit. In Italian, Esperide, Giuliana, Viola Matro- 

 nale, Bella Giulia. 



The species called the Nightsmelling Rocket is much cultivated 

 for the eveninsr fragrance of the flowers, which induces the ladies in 

 Germany to keep it in pots in their apartments, whence it obtained 

 the name of Dame's Violets. See June 19. 



Fields of Saintfoin have now a fine purple effect when viewed at 

 a distance ; this crop succeeds but on light and chalky soils. 



