dedicated to Saints 



regarded the weather, the harvest, and the cattle ; 

 but, as Gay says, — 



* ' Let no such vulgar tales debase thy mind, 

 Nor Paul nor Swithun rule the clouds and v/ind." 



Feb. 2. — Purification of the Blessed Virgin. Snowdrop. 



Galanth us n ivalis, 

 Feb. 3. — S. Blasius, Bishop and Martyr. Great Water 

 Moss, Fo7itinalis antepyretica. 

 S. Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste, in Cappadocia ; 

 a man of great learning. He was put to death 

 by Agricolaus, the President under Diocletian, 

 abour 316. He is the patron saint of the wool 

 combers. 



Feb, S. Agatha, a Sicilian Virgin and Martyr. 



Common Primrose. Frimtda vidgaris, 

 Feb, 14. — S. Valentine, Bishop and Martyr. Yellow 



Crocus. Crocus mcesiacus, 

 S. Valentine was Bishop of Interamnae. After 



