. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Janttary 3.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. .181 M U 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 W u JANUARY 3â9, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon B. & S. Moon's Age. Cloclc Day of Year. Tn ,: Sun M Tu \V Bay-shouldered Button-moth seen. Rosemary flowers. Wren sings. [Hay. 2 S. AF. Christ. Epiphany. Twelfth Plough Monday. Usher-moth seen. Lueian. Furze Apion Beetle found. Redbreast sings. T. .12°â23°. E. Fine. T. 35°â32°. E. Rain. T. 31°â26°. Bain. T. 3,')°â19°. Pine. T. 3S°â30°. Rain. T. 40°â34°. .
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Janttary 3.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. .181 M U 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 W u JANUARY 3â9, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon B. & S. Moon's Age. Cloclc Day of Year. Tn ,: Sun M Tu \V Bay-shouldered Button-moth seen. Rosemary flowers. Wren sings. [Hay. 2 S. AF. Christ. Epiphany. Twelfth Plough Monday. Usher-moth seen. Lueian. Furze Apion Beetle found. Redbreast sings. T. .12°â23°. E. Fine. T. 35°â32°. E. Rain. T. 31°â26°. Bain. T. 3,')°â19°. Pine. T. 3S°â30°. Rain. T. 40°â34°. . Rain. T. 47°â37°. Rain. 8 a. 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 1 a. 4 2 4 5 C 7 9 10 39 11 51 morn. 1 1 2 7 3 12 4 15 20 21 ⬠23 24 25 26 4 47 5 15 5 42 6 3 6 34 7 0 7 25 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Epiphany.âThe name of this festival is dcrivotl from a Greek word, sii^nifyinGf ttfipeuring, or manifesting, because the Christian church celebrates that reveiation of Christ to the Gentiles, or heathen nations, which is recorded in the^ seeond chapter of St. Ufatthew's Gospel. Of the nature of the star, or of the revelation which inlVn-med the learned men, or magi, of the East, of the birth of our Saviour, we have no information beyond the recorded fact. The names of the three magi, as presen'ed by the most ancient ecclesiastical historians, are Melchior, Jasper, and Balthusar; and the offerings they made to the infant Christ are believed to have been symbolicalâthe gohl of his sovereignty, the franlcinxense of his divinity, and the myrrh of ins sorrows and humiliation. This festival was tirst observed 813. It is called TwL'/fth dai/, because held twelve dnys after Christmas day ; and tlie whole of these days, by a law of Alfred the Great, were ordered to bo kept as ; In the cider districts of Devonshire and Cornwall, on the eve of this festival, many an old orchardist attended by his workmen, still visits each of his choicest apple-trees, and, in
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