FLOWERS AND PLANTS DEDICATED TO 



SAINTS. 



^'A lesson in each flower ^ 

 A story in each tree and bower. 

 In every herb on which we tread 

 Are written words ^ which ^ rightly read. 

 Will lead us froin eartJi^s fragraiit sod 

 To hope, and holiness to God^ 



J N Ancient Calendars, nearly every day in the year 

 was dedicated to some Saint, who had his own legend 

 and emblem. Many Saints were known by some 

 peculiarity, either connected with, or which was 

 supposed more or less to influence, every-day life. 



Flowers have, from the earliest times, been con- 

 nected with the great festivals of the Church, or 

 with the Saints of the Calendar. It is to be 



