230 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SWITHIK. 



AUG. 17. St. Mamas, martyr, about a.d. 275. 

 St. Liberatus, abbot, and six monks, martyrs, 483. 



Portiimnalia. — Julian Cal. 



Obs. St. Mamas is ranked by the Greeks among the great mar- 

 tyrs. His martyrdom is placed under Aurelian, being apprehended 

 by the persecutors about the year 274 or 275 ; he suffered the most 

 cruel torments with holy joy, and attained in his youth the glorious 

 crown of maityrdom. 



Great Toadflax Linaria vulgaris fullest fl. 

 Great Hawkweed Hieracium sabaudiim fullest fl. 

 Winter Cherry Phijsalis Alkakengi fl. 

 Squarestalked Winter Cherry Physalis angulata fl. 



Mushroom Agaricus campestris fr. 



Brown Pure Agarick Agaricus integer fuscus fr. 



Crimson Pure Agarick Agaricus integer phoeniceiisH. 



Pale Pure Agarick Agaricus integer pallidus. 



Golden Boletus Boletus aurantiacus fr. 



Eatable Boletus Boletus edulis fr. 



Crimson Fly Agaric Agaricus muscarius fr. 



The Winter Cherries are rather tender outdoor plants. The 

 flower is very ordinary, but their large berries, particularly the 

 orancre berries of the common sort, are a great ornament to our 

 gardens, and the sides of walls and houses later in the autumn. 



Mushrooms begin now to spring up, particularly if we have had a 

 little rain. The several sorts of Fungi mentioned today are among 

 the earliest, but other sorts will sometimes arise, and we have seen 

 the beautiful red as well as the brown varieties of the Agaricus mus- 

 carius sprino-ing up today. The INIushroom is commonly eaten in 

 Eno-land, but we noticed at Antwerp the Eatable Boletus also in 

 the market. People should be very careful not to eat Fungi and 

 Mushrooms of any sort unless they know the species well : whole 

 families have been poisoned by eating of this tribe of vegetable pro- 

 ductions. 



In our gardens Orange Trees and Lemons are brought oiU in 



pots or planted out. The poets tell us in their notes, that from 



Orange Irees the Bees cull a delicious honey : 



All the sweet tups to Hliicli tlie Bees resort. 

 With plots of gr-iss, ,iii(l perfumcit walks between. 

 Of (Jitrou, Honeysuckle, and Jessamine, 

 With Orange, whose warm leaves so finely suit. 

 And look as if they'd shade a golden fruit. 



Storj/ of Rimini. 



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