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JUNE 19. St. Juliana Falconjeri, v. a. d. 1340. 

 SS, Gervasius and Protasius, martyrs. 

 St. Boniface, apostle of Russia, 1009. 

 St. Die, bishop, 680. 



St. Ambrose calls the two saints Gervasius and Protasius the Proto- 

 tnartyrs of Milan ; they seem to have suffered in the first persecution 

 under Nero, or at least under Domitian. They are said to have been 

 the sons ofSS. Vitalis and Valeria, twin brothers, and both beheaded 

 for the faith. 



Minerva in Avertino. — Julian Cal. 



La Julienne de Nuit Hesperis tritris fl. 

 Large Wolfsbane Aconitum Anthora fl. 

 Yellow Wolfsbane Aconitum Lycoctonum fl. 

 Foxglove Digitalis Purpurea fl. 



Many of the vernal flowers are gone, and most of them going out 

 of flower. The Irides are still in perfection. Roses and Pinks also 

 plentiful, the former often declining, but Carnations are beginning to 

 flower, though they are not plentiful till towards St. Swithin's Tide. 

 Buttercups and other Crowfoots begin to be lost in the long grass, 

 to fade and to be hewn down in the meadow. Hay often began to 

 be cut about London at this time. 



Water Lilies are still in perfection, and are a great ornament to 

 ponds. We often see them in the water which surrounds old castles 

 and monasteries. Moore says 



Those Virgin Lilies, all the night 



liathing their beauties in the lake, 

 That they may rise more fresh and bright 



When their beloved Sun's awake. 



Latla Rookh, 



And now the sharp keel of his little boat 

 Comes up with a ripple, and with easy float, 

 And glides into a bed of Water Lilies : 

 Broadleaved are they, and their white canopies 

 Are upward turn'd to catch the heaven's dew. 

 jSear to a little island's point they grew, 

 \Vhere Calidore might liave the goodliest view 

 Of this sweet spot of earth. 



, Keats, 



The Japanese set a high value upon the AVater Lily, because of 

 its purity not being sullied by contact with the muddy pool. 



