. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. February 28.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 285 M D 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 W D FEBRUARY 28âMARCH 6, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. & S. Moon's Age. Clock Day of Year. Th F S Sex JI T W Yew Flowers. David. Heath Snail appears. Chad. Pilewort 3 Sdnday in Lent. Rooks buiUl, fliistletoe flowers. White Dead Nettle flowers. Dor Beetle appears. T. 50°-31°. T. 49°â39°. T. 51°â34°. T. 53°â41°. T. 58°â21°. T. 54°â20°. T. 55°â41°. Rain. Fine. Fine. Fine.


. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. February 28.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 285 M D 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 W D FEBRUARY 28âMARCH 6, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. & S. Moon's Age. Clock Day of Year. Th F S Sex JI T W Yew Flowers. David. Heath Snail appears. Chad. Pilewort 3 Sdnday in Lent. Rooks buiUl, fliistletoe flowers. White Dead Nettle flowers. Dor Beetle appears. T. 50°-31°. T. 49°â39°. T. 51°â34°. T. 53°â41°. T. 58°â21°. T. 54°â20°. T. 55°â41°. Rain. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. 50 a. 6 4S 46 43 41 39 37 36 a. 5 3S 39 41 43 45 46 8 19 10 43 11 52 morn. 0 56 1 56 16 17 IS 19 20 c 22 12 48 12 37 12 24 12 12 11 58 11 45 U 31 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 St. David, the patron of Wales, i? commemorated on the first of Mai'ch; and the poet not unaptly writes:â "March, various, fierce, and wild, with wind-crackt cheeks. By wilder Welshmen led, and crowned with ; In till? west of England, wlipre March is called Lide, and Ramsin is a species of onion, the following lines are popular :â "Eat Lepks in Lido, and ramsins in May, And all the yesr long physicians may ; In tlie north of England this proverb is common, indicating the time wiien heavy soils ought to be fit fur sowing: â "Upon St. David's day Put oats and barley in the ; St. David, who was Archbishop of Minevia, now called by his uame, flourished at the close of the Gth and. early part of tiie 7tU centuries. St. Chad was a native of Northumberland, and born of Saxon parents. He was the chief agent in converting the Mercian-; to Christianity, being at tiie time a hermit, residing iu a cell at Litch- field, in Staffordshire, on the spot where now its church, dedicated to him, stands. He ofliciated as Arclibishnp of York whilst Wilfrede went to Paris for consecration; and on the return of this prelate St. Cha


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