193 DOG DAYS. 



JULY 14. St. Bon-.wexture, cardinal, a.d. 1274. 

 St. Caniilliis de Leilis, 1614. 

 St. Idus, bishop in Leinster. 



Obs. St. Bonaventure was born at B.ignarea in the yew 1221. 

 From his infancy he entered a religious course. In 1243 he entered 

 the order of St. Francis. He was extremely learned and pious, and 

 received the doctor's cap in 1250 ; he was chosen general of his 

 order the same year, and also nominated Bishop of York by Pope 

 Clement IV. wlio was succeeded in 1272 by (jregory X. St. Bona- 

 venture accompanied this Pope to Lyons, where he conferred with 

 the deputies of the Greeks, who were charmed with his sweetness. 

 He was there taken ill, and received extreme unction from the Pope 

 himself. He expired on the 14th of July, in tlie year 1274, of his 

 age the fifty third. 



Red Lupin Liipinus perennis fl. 

 Throatwort Trachelium coeruleum fl. 

 Spatulate Iiis Iris spatula fl. 



The Stratulate Iris is almost the only one which comes into blow 

 in July, the rest are all earlier. 



As tomorrow is the Festival of St. Swithin, when if it rain the old 

 farmers and gardeners of our island will expect rain for forty days, 

 we shall say something on this subject, in order to satisfy our 

 readers that, without any extraordinary share of superstition, they 

 may ascribe some truth to this, as well as to many other trite and 

 antient sayings, founded on long actual observation of Nature. There 

 are some natural reasons why if showery weather set in at this time it 

 will be of longconiinuance. And we have ourselves noticed the tact 

 repeatedly, and it was remarkably the case in 1823, that rainy and 

 showery weather often ceases about the expiration of forty days from 

 the 15th of July. A showery disposition in the air has certain tokens, 

 of which the frequency of the rainbow is one. All showers, how- 

 ever favourable their position with respect to the sun, do not produce 

 equally marked and beautiful Rainbows. The following or similar 

 lines on the Rainbow we have often seen quoted, without reference 

 to any author. 



O arch of promise, seen in liquid skies ! 



Witli glitterinsr band of many coloured raies 

 In hiirnionie all hlendiiiir. How mine eyes 



Love to observe thee. "As these showefie daies, 

 Chaneinsf and nianvweatliered, sometimes smile 

 And Hash sliort sunshine throui.'h black clouds awhile. 



Then deepening dark aijain, they fall in raiue. 

 Po is it pleasant now to pause and view 

 Thy brilliant siirn in cloud- of waterie hue. 



And know the storm will not return av'ain. 

 Such pace, Failh, Hope, and Charitie unfold 



To the chaste virsfin at her eveiiina beads. 

 Who in the (Irosse's hallowed si^n beholds 



A pledge of rest to which short peuance leads. 

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