. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. mmtmrmnt^tm^tmam THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 197 WEEKLY CALENDAR. M w D B 1 Th. 0 F. 3 S. 4 SnN. 5 M. 0 Tu. 7 W. FEBRUARY 1—7, 1849. Botanical Society's Meeting, [seen. PUBIFIO. CaNDL. D. Pied Wagtail first Blase. Tawny Owl hoots. SepTUAGESIMA Sun. Field Speedwell Agatha. Elderleavesopen. [flowers. Linuean & Hort. Soc. Meetings. Golden Plover goes. Plants dedicated to Sun Sun Moon R. Moon*s Clock Day of each daj'. Rises. Sets. and Sets. Age. bef. Sun. Year. Bay Tree VII VI 1 20 8 13 56 32 Snowdrop 39 49 2 34 9 14 4 33 Great Water Moss 38 51 3 44 10 1
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. mmtmrmnt^tm^tmam THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 197 WEEKLY CALENDAR. M w D B 1 Th. 0 F. 3 S. 4 SnN. 5 M. 0 Tu. 7 W. FEBRUARY 1—7, 1849. Botanical Society's Meeting, [seen. PUBIFIO. CaNDL. D. Pied Wagtail first Blase. Tawny Owl hoots. SepTUAGESIMA Sun. Field Speedwell Agatha. Elderleavesopen. [flowers. Linuean & Hort. Soc. Meetings. Golden Plover goes. Plants dedicated to Sun Sun Moon R. Moon*s Clock Day of each daj'. Rises. Sets. and Sets. Age. bef. Sun. Year. Bay Tree VII VI 1 20 8 13 56 32 Snowdrop 39 49 2 34 9 14 4 33 Great Water Moss 38 51 3 44 10 14 10 34 Common Goldylocks 36 53 4 48 11 14 16 35 Common Primrose 34 54 5 45 12 14 20 36 Blue Hyacinth 33 56 6 33 13 14 24 37 Round-leaved Cyclamen 31 58 rises (?) 14 27 38 TuE Purification of the Virgin Mary, or the anniversary of hRf iiresentin;]: her child and offerings in the Temple, (Luke ii. 22,) is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church. It ia also called Can- dlemas Day, because on that day, according to the Ritual of the same Church, the candles which would be used during the year were brought to the priest and blessed. In the north of England, it is called " Wives' Feast ; In Somersetshire they have as a farm- ing proverb, that you should " Sow beans on Candlemas waddle;"* and in many parts of these islands they have rhymes intimating that if it is fine on tliis day the remainder of the year \vill be inclement; the Scotch express this in these two lines : — " If Candlemas is fair and clear, There'll be twa winters in the ; Blase was Bishop of Sebaste, in Armenia, and was martyred in the year 3l6. He is said to have been the inventor of the comb with which wool is combed, and for this reason he was adopted by the Wool-combers as their titular saint. In some of the Yorkshire woollen districts, processions and feasts are held on this day, in which some weaver, I'cpresenting Bishop Blase, performs a con- spicuous part. At Winches
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