236 FORTY DAYS OF ST. SWITIIIN. 



AUG. 23. St. Philip Beniti, conf. a.d. 1285. 

 SS, Claudius, Asterius, Neon, Domnina, and 



Theonilla, nmrtyrs, 285. 

 SS. ApoUinaris Sidonius, of Cleriraont, 482. 

 St. Theonas, abp. of Alexandria, 300. * 



St. Eugenius, bishop in Ireland, 618. 

 St. Justinian, hermit and martyr, 529. 

 St. Tydvill inWales? 



Fw/canaZia. — Julian Cal. 



Obs. St. Philip was born of a noble family in Florence : he en- 

 tered the order of the Annunciation, and made his religious vows on 

 the 8th of September, in 1233. After preaching in many parts ot 

 Italy, he appointed a vicar general to govern the convent at Sienna, 

 of which he was superior, and undertook to preach with great spirit 

 at Avit^non, Toulouse, Paris, and in other great cities in France. 

 After two years' absence, St. Philip came back, and made the sanc- 

 tification of his religious brethren. He calmly expired on the octave 

 (lav of the Assumption, and was canonized by Clement X. in 

 l6Ti.— Butler. 



Tanzy Tanacetum vulgare full fl. 



Annual Erigeron Erigeron Canadeus fl. 



Foetid Fleabane Conyzafoetida fl. 



Sicilian Fleabane Conyza Siciila fl. 



New Holland Elichrysum Elichrusum brachleatujn tl. 



Privet LigustruiH vulgare defi. 



Wax Tree Ligustrum lucidum full fl. 



The golden yellow flowers of the Tanzy have a rich appearance now. Tlie 

 garden of the botanUt is at this time crowded with composite flowers of the 

 nineteenth class of Linnaeus. . . 



The Common Privet is out of blow; but tlic Wax Tree remains in blossom. 

 The Privet was formerlv called Primprint, or Prim ; and in French, Troene, 

 Fresillon, and Puine Blanc , in itali.\n, Ligustro, Kovistico, Kui5tico,01ivella : 

 in Venice, Conestrela ; in tlie Brescian, Canibrosen, Cambrosel. The Privet 

 deserves a place among the most elegant shrubs; the leaves are handsome, ami 

 the old ones stay on till driven off- by new; it bears an abundance of white 

 pvramidal blossoms, which blow i'l July, and are succeeded by bunches of 

 black berries. It is hardy, and will give little trouble; but it must be watered 

 occasionally in dry weather. Virgil thus alludes to this shrub : 



Alba li^ustra caduut, vaccinia nigra leguntur. 



Firgil, Ed. 2. 



The Privet blossom has been frequently celebrated for its whiteness : 

 Amarilli, del candido ligustro 

 Pill Candida e pifi bella. Pas/or Fido. 



Of St. Swithin's forty days this is the last, and we may expect, they tell us, 

 more settled weather and fewer showers. Thunderstorms, in seasons not de- 

 cidedly rainy, prevail most curing the forty days alluded to. 



