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Flowers and Plants 



She is the Patron Saint of music and musicians. 

 She was martyred with her brother, a.d. 230. 

 Nov, 23. — S. Clement, First Bishop of Rome, and 

 Martyr. Convex Wood Sorrel. Oxalis con- 

 vexula. 



He is generally supposed to be the fellow- 

 labourer of S. Paul (Phil. iv. 3). He w^as, on 

 account of his religion, first condemned to hew 

 stones ; and w^as afterwards cast into the sea, with 

 an anchor about his neck. 

 Nov. 2j. — S. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr. Sweet 

 Butter Bur. Petasites vulgaris. 



She was born in Alexandria, and was well versed 

 in letters. About the year 305 she was converted 

 to Christianity, w^hich she afterwards professed with 

 great courage and constancy, openly rebuking the 

 heathen for offering sacrifice to the gods, and 

 upbraiding the cruelty of the Emperor Maximianus 

 to his face. She was tortured in a very unusual 

 manner — namely, by having a machine with four 

 wheels, stuck round with iron spikes, or the points 



