The Calendar of Flowers.

The Roman Catholic monks, or the observers of the Roman Catholic ritual, have compiled a Catalogue of Flowers for every day in the year, and dedicated each flower to a particular saint, on account of its blooming about the time of that saint's festival. These appropriations form a complete Calendar of the Flowers.

The figures attached express the year in which the saint died.

JANUARY.

1. Laurustinus, Vibernum tinus. St. Faine, or Fanchea, an Irish saint of the sixth century.

2. Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris. St. Macarius of Alexandria, 394.

3. Iris, Persian, Iris Persica. St. Genevieve, patroness of Paris, 422.

4. Hazel, Corylus avellana. St. Titus, disciple of St. Paul. 268

5. Hellebore, Helleborus fœtidus. St. Simeon Stylites of Rome.

6. Moss, screw, Tortula rigida. St. Nilammon.

7. Laurel, Portugal, Prunus Lusitanica. St. Kentigerna.

8. Tremella, yellow, Tremella deliquescens. St. Gudula, patroness of Brussels.

9. Laurel, common, Prunus lauro-cerasus, or common small-fruited cherry. St. Marciana of Rome. 10. Gorse, or Furze, Ulex Europæus. St. William of Bourges, 1207.

11. Moss, early, Bryum hornum. Swan-neck threadmoss. St. Theodosius.

12. Moss, hygrometric, Funaria hygrometrica. St. Ar

cadius.

13. Yew tree, common, Taxus bacata. St. Veronica, a nun of Milan, 1497.

14. Strawberry, barren, Fragaria sterilis. St. Hilary, 368. 15. Ivy, Hedera helix. St. Paul, the first hermit. 16. Nettle, common red Dead, Lamium purpureum. St. Marcellus, Pope.

17. Anemone, garden, Anemone hortensis. St. Anthony, patriarch of monks, 251.

18. Moss, four-toothed, Bryum pellucidum. St. Prisca, a Roman martyr.

19. Nettle, white Dead, Lamium album. St. Martha, a Roman martyr, 270.

20. Nettle, woolly Dead, Lamium Gargaricum. St. Fabian, Pope.

21. Hellebore, black, Helleborus niger. St. Agnes, a special patroness of purity: beheaded at the age of thirteen, 304.

22. Grass, early whitlow, Draba verna. St. Vincent, a Spanish martyr.

23. Peziza, Peziza acetobolum. St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1275.

24. Moss, stalkless, Phascum muticum. St. Timothy, disciple of St. Paul, 250.

25. Hellebore, winter, Helleborus hyemalis. The Conversion of St. Paul.

26. Butter-bur, white, Tussilago alba, or Colt's-foot. St. Polycarp.

27. Moss, earth, Phascum cuspidatum. St. Chrysostom. 28. Daisy, double, Bellis perennis plenus. St. Margaret of Hungary, 1271.

29. Fern, flowering, Osmunda regalis. St. Francis of Sales, 1622.

30. Spleen-wort, Asplenium trichomanes. St. Martin. 31. Hart's Tongue, or Spleen-wort, Asplenium scolopendrium. St. Marcella, 410.

FEBRUARY.

1. Moss, lesser water, Fontinalis minor. St. Ignatius; and Bay-tree, Laurus nobilis. St. Bridget, patroness of Ireland.

2. Snow-drop, Galanthus nivalis. Purification of the Virgin Mary.

3. Moss, great water, Fontinalis anti-pyretica, St. Blase of Armenia, 316.

4. Moss, common hair, or Goldilocks, Polytrichum commune. St. Jane, or Queen Joan, 1505. Bay, Indian, Laurus indica. St. Margaret of England.

5. Primrose, common, Primula vulgaris. St. Agatha, a Sicilian martyr.

Primrose, red, Primula acaulis. St. Adelaide, 1015. 6. Hyacinth, blue, Hyacinthus orientalis. St. Dorothy, 308.

7. Cyclamen, round-leafed, Cyclamen coum.

muald, 1027.

St. Ro

8. Moss, narrow-leafed spring, Mnium androgynum. St. John of Matha, 1213.

9. Narcissus, Roman, Narcissus Romanus. St. Apollonia, 249.

10. Mezereon, Daphne mezereon. St. Scholastica, 543. Moss, silky fork, Mnium heteromallum. St. Coteris,

fourth century.

11. Primrose, red, Primula verna rubra. St. Theodora, empress, 367.

12. Anemone, noble Liverwort, Anemone hepatica. St. Eulalia of Barcelona.

13. Polyanthos, Plimula Polyanthus. St. Catherine de Ricci, 1589.

14. Crocus, yellow, Crocus mæsiacus, or Crocus aureus. St. Valentine, the lover's saint. He was a priest at Rome, and married there about the year 270. 15. Crocus, cloth of gold, Crocus sulphureus. St. Sigifred, bishop of Sweden, 1002.

16. Primrose, lilac, Primula acaulis plena. St. Juliana. 17. Crocus, Scotch, Crocus susianus. St. Flavian, archbishop of Constantinople, 449.

18. Speedwell, wall, Veronica vernus arvensis. St. Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem, 116.

19. Speedwell, field, Veronica agrestis. St. Barbatus, patron of Benevento, bishop, 682.

20. Cynoglossum omphalodes, or C. lusitanicum. St. Milfred, abbess of Munster.

21. Crocus, white, Crocus albus. St. Servianus, bishop,

452.

22. Margaret, herb, Bellis perennis. St. Margaret of Cortona, 1297.

23. Apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca. St. Milburge of England.

24. Fern, great, Osmunda regalis. St. Ethelbert, King

of Kent.

25. Peach blossom, Amygdalus persica. St. Walburg, abbess of Swabia, Germany.

26. Periwinkle, lesser, Vinca minor. St. Victor, seventh century.

27. Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis. St. Leander,

bishop, 596.

28. Crocus, purple, Crocus vernus.

triarch of Alexandria, 557.

MARCH.

St. Proterius, pa

1. Leek, common, Allium porrum. St. David of Wales, archbishop, 544.

2. Chickweed, dwarf mouse-ear, Cerastium pumilum. St. Chad, or Ceada, martyr, under the Lombards, in the sixth century.

3. Marigold, golden fig, Mesembryanthemum, aureum. St. Cunegunda, empress, 1040.

4. Chickweed, common, Alsine media. St. Casimir, prince of Poland, 1458.

5. Hellebore, green, Helleborus viridis. St. Adrian,