THE CALENDAR OF FLORA. 283 
*IX. SOWING MONTH. 
From the fir ft blow of the meadow faffron to the de- 
parture of the fw allow. 
Pomifer autumnus fruges effudit et mox 
Bruma, recurrit iners. 
Aug. VIII. 
xxviii. Saffron, meadow, 373.1. Colchicum 
autumn . 
T his plant ought to admonifh gardeners to put Indian 
plants under ftoelter , as the iron nights are near. 
The Iron nights, as they are called with us, ge- 
nerally happen between Auguft 17 and 29, and de- 
ftroy tender plants. 
After the blow of the meadow faffron , we have ftorms 
that fhake off ripe feeds . 
Fern, female, 1 24. 1 . Pteris ‘aqiiilina, grows 
yellow in the woods after the firft cold 
nights . 
xxx i. A gentle froft that fcarcely did any damage. 
Sept. IX, 
i. Adonis flower, 251. 1. Adonis annua fer . 
Mulberry tree, 1429. H. Morus nigra , 
grows pale. 
lv. Fig tree, 1431. H. Ficus carica, grows pale. 
vi. Wormwood, fea, 188.2. Artemifia ma- 
ritima. 
Travellers joy, 258.1. Clematis vitalba. 
xi. The froft has deft royedf out hern plants. 
xii. The froft milder. 
xiv. Seeds to be gathered . 
* By lowing, in this place, is meant net man’s but nature’s. 
i Sampire 
