186 DOG DAYS. 



JULY 4. St. Ulric, bishop and confessor, A. D. 973. 

 St. Odo, Abp. of Canterbury, 10th cent. 

 St. Siloes, anclioret, 429. 

 St. Bertha, widow, abbess, 8lh cent. 

 St. Finbar, abbot in Ireland. 

 St. Bolcan, abbot in Ireland. 

 Translation of St. Martin. — Engl. Cal. 



Obs. St. Ulric was born in 893, and was educated from seven 

 years old in the Abbey of St. Gal. As he grew up, his sprightly 

 genius, his innocence and sincere piety, charmed the good monks. His 

 father removed him to Augburg, where he placed him under the 

 care of Adalberon, bishop of that city. The prelate made him his 

 chamberlain when he was only sixteen years old, afterward promoted 

 him to the first orders, and instituted him to a canonry in his cathe- 

 dral. This bishop died during a pilgrimage he made at Rome, and 

 was succeeded by Hultin, who dying in 924 the King of Germany- 

 nominated our Saint, who fulfilled it with exemplary piety. Some 

 time before his death he wished to retire to the Monastery of St Gal, 

 but met with too much opposition. He died amidst the prayers of 

 his clergy on the 4tli of July, 973, being about fourscore years old, 

 having been bishop fifty years. St. Ulrick's Day was formerly cele- 

 brated with a fish festival, see Barnahy Googe. 



Copper Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva full fl. 

 Martagon Lily Lilium Martagon fl. 

 Elicampane Inula Hellenium fl. 

 Foxglove Digitalis purpurea full fl. 

 Rampion Bellflower Campanula rapunculus fl. 



The Coppercoloured Day Lily is an oruainental plant, and is better fitted lor 

 a laijcp garden tlian a small one ; it takes up much room which at this season 

 niitfht be occupied by handsomer plants. A moist soil suits it best. 



The RIartagou Lily is aKo called the Purple Turkscap Lily : some have fan- 

 cied this to lidve been the Hyacinth of Virfril and the Latin writers, others 

 say it was the Scarlet Martagon Lilinm chalccdonicnin. 



Virgil, in speaking of the Hyacinth, uses an epithet peculiarly applicable to 

 the Martagon Lily : 



et ferrugineos Hyaciithos. Georf;ic. 4. 



And any one who is acquainted with the Martagon Lily will immediately re- 

 cognise the kind of lufous ironred here described, although the flower is often 

 of a brialil crimson, aiid the spots nearly (jlack. 



The vci y different manner in which our English poets describe the colour of 

 the Flyaci'iith, proves it to be a different flower; who can confonnd a Komau 

 puipJe with sapphire? 



Shaded Hyai intli, alway 



bapphiie queen of the mid May. 



Or again : 



Hyacinth, with sapphire bell 

 Cui ling backward. 



