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Flowers and Plants 



This festival was introduced into the Church of 

 Rome by Pope CaHxtus III. in 145 but it had 

 been observed by the Greek Church a long time 

 before, even as early as the sixth century. 



Aug. 7. — Name of Jesus. Common Amaranth. 

 Amaranthus hypochondriacus. 



Aug. 10. — S. Lawrence. Deacon and Martyr. Com- 

 mon Balsam. Impatiens Bahama. 

 S. Lawrence was a Spaniard by birth ; he was 

 treasurer of the Church at Rome, and archdeacon 

 to Pope Sixtus II. When the Bishop was killed by 

 order of the soldiers of Valerian, S. Lawrence 

 refused to give up the Church treasure, which they 

 imagined was in his custody, and so they laid him 

 upon a gridiron and broiled him to death, a.d. 

 258. 



Aug. ij. — Assumption B. M. V. Virgin's Bower. 

 Clematis Vitalba. 



Aug. 24. — S. Bartholomew, Apostle. Sunflower. 

 Helianthus annuus. 



