220 FORTY DAYS OF ST, SWllIUX, 



AUG. 7. St. Cajetan, confessor, a d. 1547. 

 SS. Donatus and Hilariniis, martyrs. 361. 



Obs. St. Cajetan wa^ born in the year 1480. He was recom- 

 mended from his birth to the patronage of the JMessed XirHn, and 

 through Iris eminent virtues was from liis infancy surnained the 

 Saint. He associated himself to tlie confraternity of the love of God, 

 and afterwards entered the Order of the Theatins, of which he was 

 made general for three years in 1530. The principal ends of this 

 order were to preach to the people, assist the sick, oppose errors in 

 faith, and reestablish regularity and disinterestedness among the 

 clergy. His lite was an example of piety and zeal, and he calmly 

 expired on the 7th of August, 1547. I'nder the lif - of St. Cajetan, 

 in Butler's Lives, will be found an account of the Congregations of 

 Regular Clerks. 



Princes' Feather Amaranthushypochondriacus full ft. 



Crosswort Gentian Gentiajia cruciata defl. 



Tiger Lily Lilium Tigrinuin full fl. 



Great Toadflax Linaria vulgaris fl. common. 



Lesser Persicary Polygonmn 7ninus fl. 



Small Waterwort Elatine Hydropiper fl. 



The Amaranth is recommended, among other flowers, as a food 



for Bees : 



II timo e r Aniaranto 



Dei trapiautare ancora, e quell' altr' erbe 

 Clie danno a quests greggia amabil cibo. 



L' Api del Rticellai. 



Moore speaks of them as being used for the hair .- 



Aniaramtis such as crown tlie maids 

 Tliat wauder through Zaniara's shades. 



From a passase in Don Quixote, one may suppose that Amarantlis were 

 sometimes worn by the Spanish ladies in the time of Cervantes. But these 

 passacfes do not sufficiently mark out the species : the Hriiices' Feather is dis- 

 tiugufshed by its very durkred leaves, the l.ove lies Bleedinsr having light green 

 leaves and a trailing flower, and the other species being modifications of the 

 two above. 



The Tiger Lily now in fnll flower miirht at a distance he mi-taken for the 

 Tnrkscap Lilies. Though of so recent iiitrodtiction, it is becoming common 

 even in the cottage gardens of SussiX; its bulbs Otin.' very easy of growth, 

 the plant is extremely prolific : its pale salmon coloured flowers are not so 

 beautiful as those of the Orange Lily, now L'one out of blow. 



On eravelly soils Elms now begin to shew yellow in the leaves, and Limes 

 not oniv vellow but begin to fall. 



Tlie poisonous beiries of the Deadly NiL-htshade appeir, and children should 

 be cautioned airain^t eating them ; indeed the greatest part of black berries 

 are more or less poisonous. 



The Great Toadfl.ix or Snapdiaaon, with its permanent variety the Peloria, 

 is now commonlv seen in our liedires, like a tall strawcolouied spike of 

 flowers, mixed with a deep yellow in the inside. 



Vipers now bring forth their ynnng ; they are distiniruished by bein? vivipa- 

 rous from Snakes, who deposit ilieir eggs in dunghills or in the grotiDd, and 

 the youn? ones are often hatched at'out thi> time. 



