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Flowers and Plants 



/a?i, 20. — S. Fabian, Bishop and Martyr. Large dead 

 Nettle. Lamium garganicuin. 

 S. Fabian was Bishop of Rome, and received 

 the crown of martyrdom under the Emperor Decius, 

 A.D. 233. 



Jan, 21. — S. Agnes, Virgin and MartjT. Black Helle- 

 bore or Christmas Rose. Hellchorus niger^ flora 

 albo, 



"S. Agnes has always been looked upon," says 

 Butler, " as a special patroness of purity." She 

 suffered martyrdom about the year 304. 

 Jem. 22. — St. Vincent, Martyr. Early Witlow Grass. 

 Draha verna, 

 S. Vincent was a Spanish martyr, who endured 

 death by fire in the year 304. 

 Jan, 2j. — Conversion of S. Paul. AVinter Hellebore. 

 Hellehorus hyeinalis, 

 S. Paul's day was anciently considered a remark- 

 able day ; for, upon the state of the weather upon 

 that day, our ancestors pretended to be able to 

 foretell the future fortunes of the year; alike as 



