206 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SWITIIIX. 



JULY 24. St. Lkwinf, virgin and martyr. 

 St. Lupus, bishop and confessor, 478. 

 St. Francis Solano, confessor, 1610. 

 SS. Romanus and David, martyrs. 

 St. Christina, virgin and martyr. 

 SS. Wulfhad and Ruffin, martyrs, 670. 

 St. Dulan, bishop in Ireland. 

 St. Kinga, virgin, 1292. 

 St Alexius.~En^\. Cal. 



06s. St. Lewine was a British virgin, who suffered martyrdom 

 by the Saxons before their conversion to Christianity. Her reliques 

 were at first kept at Sleaford in Sussex, but were afterwards con- 

 veyed to Flanders. 



St. Lupus, called in French St. Leu, was born of a noble family 

 at Saul. After six years spent in holy wedlock with Pimeniola, 

 they parted by mutual consent, and made a mutual vow of perpetual 

 continence. Lupus lived a year in the famous Abbey of Lerlns. 

 Upon the death of St. Ursus in 426, he was chosen Bishop of Troyes. 

 His resistance was to no purpose. Troyes being threatened by 

 Attila, who called himself the scourge of God, Lupus went to meet 

 him at the head of his clergy, and asked him who he was ? "I am, 

 said Attila, the scourge of God." "Let us respect whatever 

 comes from God, replied the bishop; but if you are the scourge 

 with which heaven chastises us, remember you are to do nothing 

 but what that Almighty hand, which governs and moves you, per- 

 mits." Attila, struck with these words, spared the city. St. Lupus 

 governed his church fifty two years, and died in 479. 



Tree Lupin Lupinus arboreus full fl. 

 Clammy Catchfly Silene viscosa fl. 

 Fourleaved Catchfly Silene stellata full fl. 

 Spanish Calchfly Silene Otites fl. 



The Catchfly, called in French Le Cornillet Attrnpe Mnuche is covered with 

 a irlutinous moisture, from which flies, happening to light upon it, cannot dis- 

 engage theTnselves. This ciicunistance has obtained for it the name of Catch- 

 fly, to whicli Gerarde adds the name of Limewort. If the seeds are sown in 

 the autumn, separately, in pots about six inches in diameter, and in a dry soil, 

 tiieywill ttrow without further attention. They will bear the open air; and, 

 unless in very dry weather, will not need watering. These directions will serre 

 for nearly all the kinds, of which there are many. There are however two 

 exceptions, the darkflowered and the waveleaved species, which require a 

 stove. 



As the Catchfly is covered with an unctuous swetemete, which draws the 

 unwary insects into its blossoms, who cannot get away tlierefrom, but die 

 there : so doth an evil and abandoned woman tempt the unwary into her so- 

 ciety by the glosing courtesy of her exterior ; but when they bee once there 

 tliey die a spiritual death, unable to disentangle themselves. Florilegium. — 

 This reminds one of Horace's " I'ullus uimiiim lubiicu), aspici." 



