dedicated to Saints 



63 



S. Chad was founder and first Bishop of Lich- 

 field. He died during the prevalence of a pesti- 

 lence, A.D. 673. 

 March 7. — S. Perpetua, Martyr. Early Daffodil. Nar- 

 cissus pseudo-narcissus simplex. 



Daffodils, 



That come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty." 



Shakspeare. 



Herrick draws a moral from a Daffodil, in the 

 following words :- — 



** When a daffodil I see. 

 Hanging down his head t' wards me. 

 Guesse I may what I must be : 

 First, I shall decline my head ; 

 Secondly, I shall be dead ; 

 Lastly, safely buried." 



Hesperides. 



S. Perpetua was martyred during the reign of the 

 Emperor Severus a.d. 205. 

 March 1 2. — S. Gregory, Martyr, Bishop of Rome, and 

 Confessor. Channelled Ixia. Ixia Bidhocodium. 



