. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M w Plants dedicated to Sun Sun Moon R. Moon's Olodt Day of D u each day. Risea. Sets. and Sets. Age. 1jc1\ Sun. Year. â¢',7 Th Birch leaves yellow. Many-flowered Starwort. 50 a. 5 40 a. 5 (1 10 11 9 2 370 2S F. Ring-dove's note ceases. |-^ât^ ^^^^ Evergreen Goldenrod 57 44 1 iw 13 9 23 271 39 S. Michaelmas Day. Michaelmas Daisy. 59 43 2 33 13 9 42 272 ;in SlIN. 17. TniN. St. Jerome. Golden Amaryllis. 61 39 3 31 14 10 1 273 1 M. Eemigius. Common Snipe plentiful. Lowly Criuum. VI V
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M w Plants dedicated to Sun Sun Moon R. Moon's Olodt Day of D u each day. Risea. Sets. and Sets. Age. 1jc1\ Sun. Year. â¢',7 Th Birch leaves yellow. Many-flowered Starwort. 50 a. 5 40 a. 5 (1 10 11 9 2 370 2S F. Ring-dove's note ceases. |-^ât^ ^^^^ Evergreen Goldenrod 57 44 1 iw 13 9 23 271 39 S. Michaelmas Day. Michaelmas Daisy. 59 43 2 33 13 9 42 272 ;in SlIN. 17. TniN. St. Jerome. Golden Amaryllis. 61 39 3 31 14 10 1 273 1 M. Eemigius. Common Snipe plentiful. Lowly Criuum. VI V 4m 44 15 10 20 274 a Tu. Hort. Soc. Meeting. Walnut-leaves fall. Common Soapwort. 4 35 rises © 10 39 275 W. iJaok Snipe arrives. npwny Helenium. 6 32 6 a. 35 17 10 58 270 Michaelmas Day.âThis day, on which our Church reminds its members of "Saint Michael and all angels," and prays for their guardian aid, was first instituted by the Roman Catholic Church in the year 497. ^V'e are at a loss to discover the reason for calling that celestial messenger of God a Saint, who is spoken of nowhere in the Scriptures but as an " ; To none but to him do the sacred writers give this title of pre-eminence. Five times do they mention bim, and always as a spirit guiding the tide of battles. Thrice does the prophet Daniel speak of Michael as fighting against Persia on behalf of the Jewish Churcli; once does St. John, as leading on the ani^elic host against the devil and his angels; and lastly St. Jude, speak of him as fighting in single combat with the same spirit of evil for the body of Moses. The custom of eating roasted goose on this day is of very ancient date, arising probably from this "pasturer of the common" being now of growth most desirable for table use, and because this great festival of the Romish Church occurred at the same season, and all Northmen love good eating on such occasions. It is quite certain that long before the reign of Qu
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