CALENDAR OF FLOWERS. 333 
MAY. 
1. Tulip, Gesner, Tidipa gesnerina. St. Philip, 
supposed to have been the first of Christ's 
Apostles. 
Bachelor's Button, Lychnis dioica. St. James 
the just and the less, apostle, martyred in the 
tumult in the Temple. 
2. Charlock, Ruphanus raphanislrum, or Sinapvs 
arvensis. St. Athanasius, patriarch of 
Alexandria, 373. 
3. Narcissus, poetic, Narcissus poeticus. The 
discovery of the Cross, 326. 
4. Stock Gilliflower, Cheiranthus i?ica?ius. St. 
Monicla, mother of St. Augustine. 
5. Apple-tree, Pyrus mains. Sts. Angelus and 
Pius V. Pope, 1572. 
6. Globe Flower, bright-yellow, Trollius europseus. 
St. John Damascene, 780. 
7. Globe Flower, Asiatic, bright-orange, Trollius 
asiaticus. St. John of Beverly. 
8. Jjily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. St. 
Selena. 
9. Lily of the Valley, Convallaria multifora. St. 
Gregory of Nazianzen, 389. 
