dedicated to Saints 



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April 23. — S. George, Martyr. Harebell. Hyacinthus 



** On S. George's day, when blue is worn, y 

 The blue harebells the fields adorn." 



S. George, the patron saint of England, was born 

 in Cappadocia, and suffered for the sake of his 

 religion, a.d. 290, under the Emperor Diocletian, 

 in whose army he had previously served. 



The Encounter of S. George with the Dragon, in 

 which he is usually represented, is symbolical of the 

 triumph of the Christian Hero over the power of evil, 

 which S. John beheld under the form of a dragon. 

 Rev. xii. 7 — 9. 

 April 2j. — S. Mark, Apostle and Martyr. Clarimond 

 Tulip. Tidipa prcecox. 



S. Mark is traditionally said to have been the 

 man bearing a pitcher of water mentioned in his 

 own Gospel. S. Mark xiv. 13 — 15. He was mar- 

 tyred A.D. 68. 



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