dedicated to Saints 



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The order here followed is the order of the 

 Calendar of the Prayer Book ; and it has been 

 thought advisable to add short accounts of the 

 lives of many of the Saints. 



Jan, I. — The Circumcision of our Lord. Laurus- 

 tinus. Viburnum tinus. 

 The Laurustinus was said to be dedicated to 

 S. Faine, an Irish Abbess, in the sixth century; 

 and in the following lines her name is mentioned : 



''Whether the weather be snow or raine, 

 We are sure to see the flower of S. Faine. 

 Rame comes but seldom, and often snow, 

 And yet this viburnam is sure to blow." 



Jan, 6, — The Epiphany. Common Star of Bethlehem. 

 Ornithogalum. 

 The roots of the broad-leaved species are much 

 consumed by the lower classes, as an article of 

 diet, in many parts of the country. 



