dedicated to Saints 



bishop of Mentz, and was called the Apostle of the 

 Germans. 



He was murdered in East Friesland by the 

 peasantry, while holding a confirmation, in 755. 

 June Ti. — S. Barnabas, Apostle. Midsummer Daisy. 

 Chrysanthemum leucafithemum. 

 He was the first Bishop of Milan; and, after many 

 trials and torments, was stoned to death at Salamis, 

 in Cyprus. 



The fields at this time are filled with flowers, 

 making nature most beautiful. An old poet thus 

 writes : — 



*' Not Iris in her pride and beautie, 

 Adorns her arch with such varietie ; 

 Nor dothe the milk-white way, in frostie night, 

 Appeare so fair and beautiful in sight, 

 As doe these fields and groves, and sweeter bowers, 

 Bestrew'd and deckt with partie-color'd floures." 



Geo. Peele, 1584. 



June 1 7. — S. Alban, Proto-martyr of England. Feather 

 Grass. Sfipa pe?inata, 



^ The Rainbow. 



