256 HOLY ROOD TIDE. 



SEPT. 12. St. Eanswide, virgin abbess, 7th age. 

 St. Guy, of Anderlent, 1 1th age. 

 St. Albeus, bishop, 525. 

 St. Raphael? 



Obs. St. Eanswide was the daughter of St. Ethelbert, the first 

 Christian king among the Enghsh ; fiora her infancj' her whole de- 

 light was in prayer and the love of God. Having by perseverance 

 and importunity obtained her father's consent, she founded a mo- 

 nastery of nuns upon the seacoast, hard by Folkstone in Kent. Here 

 she sacrificed the affections of her heart to her heavenly spouse, till 

 she was called to rest from her labours on the last day of Augu-t, in 

 tiie seventh century. 



Semilunar Passionflower Passiflora peltata fl. 

 Manvleaved Starwort Aster polyphy litis full fl. 

 Tradescants Starwort Aster Tradescanti fl. 

 Narrowleaved Golden Rod Solidago sempervivens fl. 

 Twocoloured Golden Rod Solidago bicolor full fl. 

 Twiggy Golden Rod Solidarjo viminea fl. ' 

 Welch Golden Rod Solidago Cambrica defl. 

 Roughleaved Golden Rod Solidago aspera fl. 

 Upright Golden Rod Solidago serotina full fl. 

 Reflexed Golden Rod Solidago rejiexa fl. 

 Recurved Golden Rod Solidago recurvata fl. 



The Semilunar Passionflower requires the shelter of a green- 

 house at all times, and a stove in winter. 



The Golden Bods are tall plants, with a spike of composite small 

 vellow flowers ; we often see them in our cottage gardens in com- 

 pany widi Sunflowers and Starworts. 



China Asters and African and French Marigolds are still in per- 

 fection ; and the beautiful orange colour of our common Officinal 

 Marigold still covers a large proportion of ground in all ne^^lected 

 crardens. Ihe cottagers are very fond of cultivating this flower. 

 Marigolds require no sowing, but spring up every year by the falling 

 of their seeds. 



Tlie MiclKielmas Daisy ^iVT 7'r«rf«caH/i often begins to bloH- iibont tliis 

 time, aiitl continues thr6ui:hout the next nionlh and "part of November. On 

 fine (lavs the quantity of Bees tliat settle on tlie clustered (lowers of a laiiie 

 tuft of this plant exceeds t)elief. They probably gather together in great num- 

 bers because other flouers ate now less abundant, for they are most oumerur.s 

 about this piant towards November. 



Swallows and Martins are still very numerous, the eeneral mi.'rstion not 

 tiavins beiruii. Thry roost in immense nuiiipi;s on buildings, round about 

 whicii Marlins fly sometimes in sucli <iu;intities as almost to d.irken the air 

 with their plume^. Sparrows, Mniiets, various Finches, and also Plovers, are 

 now seen about in floiks accoidini; to an annual habit prevalent amon:{ many 

 kiads of birdsof asscmblinij togetlicr in autumn. 



