292 LUKE TIDE. 



OCT. 18. St. Luke the evangelist, a.d. 63. 

 St. Julian Sabas, hermit, 4th cent. 

 St. Justin, martyr. 

 St. Monon, martyr, 7th cent. 



Ohs. St. Luke was a native of Antioch in Syria. He acquired a stoclt of 

 learning in liis younger years, wliicli he improved hy his travels in Greece and 

 Aegypt. He is said to have professed the art of pliysic, and to have had a 

 genius for painting, and to have left beliind liini many pictures of Our Saviour 

 and of the Blessed Virrin. Some very curious anecdotes are found in the 

 writings of Metaphrastes and other Greeks in support of this opinion, and 

 there are many very antient pictures of Our Blessed Lady still extant which 

 are ascribed to the pencil of St. Luke; one in particular, that was placed by 

 Paul V. in theBurshesian Chapel in St. Mary Major. Another picture of her 

 was sent to the Empress Piilcheria, who placed it in the church of Our Lady 

 at Constantinople. And an inscription was found under an old picture of the 

 Blessed Virgin in the vault of the church of St. Mary in via Latin, which runs 

 thus, Una de VII. a Lurd depictus. St. Luke was a proselyte to the Chris- 

 tian religion. He is said to have written his Gospel much after St. Matthew 

 and St. Mark wrote theirs. It does not seem to be absolutely determined 

 whether St. Luke died a martyr. St. Paulinus and St. Gaudentius of Brescia 

 assert that he did. He lived, however, to be eighty four years old. 



Floccose Agaric Agaricus ftoccosus grows. 



This species, which grows annually at the root of an Apple Tree in our 

 orchard, begins to spring up against Luke Tide, and by St. Luke's Tide is in 

 perfection. On this day in 1818, which was a year remarkable for the large 

 and luxuriant growth of the Fungus race, the following species were gathered 

 by Mr. B. M. Forster in Sussex within a small compass : 



./Ifraricus denticufatus. ■ 



./igaricus campestris, common Mushroom. 



Agaricus fnscicularis. 



Agaricui flocmsiis, under the Apple Tree. 



Agnricus glutinosus, in the grass. 



Agaricus prilygrninns. 



Agaricus slcrcorarius, in long grass and dnng. 



Agaricus verucosus. 



Agaricus integer, crimson, pale, and slate colour. 



Agaricus mnscarius, of both colours, in Stoneland Park. 



Agaricus procerus, the tall Atrarick. 



Agaricus plicatifis, in the grass. 



Agnricus clcplunitimis, very large indeed. 



Agaricus cumulatus, 



Agaricus congregaius, 



Agaricus violaceus, a beautiful species. 



Agaricus dcniiculalus, and many others. 



Boletus bovinus, very large, some were one foot high. 



Boletus edulis. 



Boletus igninreus. 

 Calvuria tiypoxolon, 



Calvaria muscoides. 



Helvelia snrcuides. 



Peziza coccinea, near Buckhnrst old Tower. 



This was one of the most luxuriant seasons for all the above tribe of plants 

 that we ever remember. 



The weather is often fine at this time of year. After it is gone we may ex- 

 pect the cold and fog of Allliallow Tide. 



