216 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SWITMIN 



AUG. 3. Invention of St. Stephen's relics. 



St. Nicodemus. 



St. Gamaliel, 415. 



St. Walthen, abbot, 1160. 



Obs. The church this day celebrates the findin;:^ of the reHcs of 

 St. Stephen under the ruins of an okl temple called Carphagansala 

 near Jerusalem, by Lucian a priest, who was warned to look for 

 them by an extraordinary vision in the year 415, a full account 

 whereof is to be found in Butler's Lives of the Saints, 8vo. London 

 1815, vol. viii, p. 39. Some consider St. Nico lemus as being the 

 greatest festival today. J^ydia of Thyalira is by some martyrologists 

 commemorated today. 



Holyhock Althaea rosea full fl. 



Many are the varieties of the Hollyhock, those tall ornaments of 

 our gardens, in the latter part of the summer and early autumn. 

 This plant is sometimes called the Garden Mallow ; in French, Rose 

 d'outre Mer, sometimes corrupted into la Rose Treniere or la Rose 

 Tremiere, le Mauve Rose, la Passe Rose; Italian, Alcea Rosea, 

 Rosa Cinese. The Double Chinese Hollyhock is a very handsome 

 plant, and continues in beauty during July, August, and September. 

 The seeds may be sown early in April, half an inch deep. When 

 the plants have put out six or eight leaves, they should be trans- 

 planted ; and, if put in pots, they will require them pretty large, at 

 least a foot in diameter. Until they are well rooted, they must be 

 watered daily ; afterwards, three times a week will suffice. They 

 should be housed in winter, admitting fresh air in mild weather ; 

 and while in the house should have only water enough to keep the 

 earth from parching. They will last two or three years. These 

 plants ought to be supported with stakes, to prevent the wind from 

 breaking the stems. Hollyhocks may also be raised from cuttings of 

 the young stalks, taken in summer, about six inches in length ; they 

 should be inserted half their depth, and if a glass be placed over 

 them it will facilitate their rooting ; plants so raised will flower early 

 in the following summer. The Hollyhock is used in some parts of 

 France as we use Hawthorn and Privet, to divide gardens and vine- 

 yards. The flowers are said to furnish a large portion of honey- 

 juice to Bees : 



And from the nectaries of Hollyhocks 



The iiumble Bee, e'en till he faints, will sip. 



H, Smith, 



