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SEPT. 25. St. Fiumin, bp. of Amiens, 3d cent. 

 St. Ceolfiid, abbot, a.d. 716. 

 St. Barr or Finbarr, bishop of Cork, 6th cent. 

 St. Aunaire, bishop of Auxerre, 605. 



06s, St. Firmin is recorded to have been a native of Pampeluna 

 in Navarre, and to have received the crown of martyrdom at Amiens, 

 where he was bishop. Two translations of his relics are mentioned. 

 They were put into a gold shrine by Theobald about the year 1200. 



St. Ceolfrid was related to St. Bennet Biscop, and assisted him 

 in the foundation of his monastery of St. Peter at Wiremouth, of 

 which he was constituted abbot, as also of the monastery of St. 

 Paul at Jarrov/. He was a great lover of literature, and enriched 

 the libraries of his two monasteries with a great number of good 

 books. He happily died at Langres in France on the 25th of Sep- 

 tember, in the year of our Lord 7 16, of his age seventy four. 



Great Boletus Boletus bovinus grows. 

 Heartbearing Helleborine Serapias cordigera still fl. 

 Chinese Arrowhead Sagittaria Sinensis fl. 



The late Aestival Flora still remains in perfection, and with care 

 we may now have the most splendid exhibition of Dahlias, China 

 Asters, Tagetes, and Chrysanthemums, in our gardens. 



The Chinese Arrowhead figured in the Botanical Magazine, No. 

 1631, is a greenhouse plant, but with care will blow in the open air 

 in our southern counties. 



The weather at this time of year is usually fine, and for the most 

 part dry. We have, however, occasionally a showery Michaelmas 

 Tide, and at other times such violent gales as have been ascribed to 

 the influence of the equinox, and called the Aequinoctial Gales. 

 The following sonnet of Menzini, a Florentine poet of the seven- 

 teenth century, elegantly expresses the signs of the coming rain : 

 Presagi di Tempo Piovoso. 

 Sento in quel fondo gracidar la rana 

 Indizio certo di futura piova; 

 Canta il corvo importuno, e si riprova 

 La fuliga a tuffarsi alia fontana. 



La vaccarella in quella falda plana 

 Code di respirar dell'aria nuova; 

 Le nari allarga in alto, e si le giova 

 Aspettar I'acqua che non par lontana. 



Veggio le lievi paglie andar volando, 

 E veggio come obbliquo il turbo spira, 

 E va la polve qual paleo rotando. 



Leva le reti o Restagnon ; ritira 

 II gregge agli stallaggi ; or sai che quando 

 Manda suoi segni il ciel, vicina e I'ira. 



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