234 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SVVITIIIN. 



AUG. 21. St. Jane Frances de Chantal, widow 

 and abbess, a.d. 1641. 



SS. Bonosus and Maximilian, martyrs, 363. 



St. Richard, bishop, 12th cent. 



St. Barnard Ptolemy, found, of the Olivetans, 1348. 



Obs. St. Jane Frauces was foundress of many convents : her 

 life is written at much length by Butler from authentic documents. 

 She died in 1641. 



The Emperor Julian the Apostate having in vain commanded 

 Bonosus and Maximilian to renounce their faith, they were by his 

 orders cruelly tormented : he caused them to be plunged into boil- 

 ing pitch, by which they received no hurt ; at last they were be- 

 headed with other Christians. 



French Marigold Tagefes patula full fl. 



Wingstalked Sultan Centaurea alata fl. 



Numerous species of Centaury or Sultan may still be found in 

 blow ; they are for the most part aestival plants. 



As the summer begins fo decline, every thin? now begins to wear an aotnni- 

 nal appearance: the earlier fall of rlaylight is particularly perceived in the 

 evening, the heat of summer is usually" diminished, or in wtt seasons the 

 aestival rains are gradually snbjidinir. Elms, l-iir.es, and some other early 

 trees, besrin to cast a few yellow leaves ; and those of tlie Weeping Willow are 

 scattered daily on the smooth surface of the pond which it may overhang. 

 The early summer fruits are gone, or for the most part so; and quantities of 

 l>amsons and the later Plums" succeed them. This is perhaps the very best 

 time of year for the aestival fruits, as Meliin-r Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 

 and all the Plums, are in perfettion. In the southern parts of Europe Walnuts 

 are ripe, though hardly so in Britain. We ate them long before this time oil 

 the upper parts of the Rhine in \S2:. We shall close today with the following 

 verses On Infantine Recnllrctions, which returning autumn and the circle of 

 seasoas is so calculated to excite : 



Recollections of far distant Seasons. 

 Ah why in Memory's masic lantern spell 

 Do sounds and scenes of childhood love to dwell? 

 Why do her notes float o'er the muskie dale 

 At eventide with many a fjowerie tctle ? 

 How we in Spring's and Life's sweet April time 

 Were joyed to spoil the Daisy's earli st prime, 

 And rob'the first pale Primrose flowers we met. 

 Or pull their roots to carry home and set ; 

 Ho'.v in our little gardens'loved to note 

 The Robin's song, or Cuckoo's early note ; 

 How when maturer Summer nsed to lead 

 To romp on haycocks in the grassie mead. 

 Or when, as now, ripe Autumn's sheaves were boaud. 

 With hearts like feathers we would dance around. 

 Nor less enjoy white \Vin,ter's Christmas toys, 

 .Sports, games, and play, and fifty childish joys, 

 lu every season count our pleasures o'er. 

 And feel as we on eattb shall feel no more. 



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