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CALENDAR OF FLOWERS. 
. Cherry, common winter, Physalis alkakengi. 
St. Bertille, abbess of Chelles, 692, 
Yew-tree, common, Taxus baccata. St. 
Leonard, sixth century. 
. Furcrea, Furcrea gigantea. St. Willebord, 
first bishop of Utrecht, 738. 
. Aletris, Cape, Veltheimia. The four crowned 
Brothers, martyrs, 304. 
. Aletris, glaucous-leafed, Veltheimia glauca. 
St. John Lateran. 
. Fir, Scotch, Pinus sylvestris, St. Nympha, 
fifth century. 
. Pine, Weymouth, Pinus strobus. St. Mar- 
tin, bishop, 397. 
. Aloe, great orange-flowering, Veltheimia, 
or Aletris uvaria, St. Nilus, 390. 
. Bay, Laurus poetica. St. Homobonus, 
1197. 
. Laurel, Portugal, Cerasus Lusitanica. St. 
Lawrence, archbishop of Dublin, 1180. 
5. Colt’s-foot, sweet-scented, Tussilago fra- 
grans. St. Gertrude, abbess, 1292. 
. Hemp, African bow-string, Sanseviera Gui- 
neensis, St Edmund, archbishop of 
Canterbury, 1242. 
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