. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER, lOJ WEEKLY CALENDAR. M I) 1« w JANUARY 18â2i, 1840. Plants dedicated to | each day. Sun Kises. Sun Sets. Jloon E. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock 1 Day of bef. Year. Prisca. Tufted Poclier goes. SilveiT Moss (Bryum) VII 23 a 4 2 25 24 10 48 18 U) V. Cole Titmouse lieanl. inffs. White Dead Nettle 08 34 3 2G 20 11 6 19 â >i) s. Fabiau. Starlings resort to buOd- Large Dead Nettle 07 2G 4 23 20 11 24 20 â .u StTV. 2 Son. a. Epip. Agnes. Grosbeak goes. Cliristmas Rose , au 28 5 18 27 11 41 21 â n M. Vincent. Menereou flowers.
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER, lOJ WEEKLY CALENDAR. M I) 1« w JANUARY 18â2i, 1840. Plants dedicated to | each day. Sun Kises. Sun Sets. Jloon E. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock 1 Day of bef. Year. Prisca. Tufted Poclier goes. SilveiT Moss (Bryum) VII 23 a 4 2 25 24 10 48 18 U) V. Cole Titmouse lieanl. inffs. White Dead Nettle 08 34 3 2G 20 11 6 19 â >i) s. Fabiau. Starlings resort to buOd- Large Dead Nettle 07 2G 4 23 20 11 24 20 â .u StTV. 2 Son. a. Epip. Agnes. Grosbeak goes. Cliristmas Rose , au 28 5 18 27 11 41 21 â n M. Vincent. Menereou flowers. Early Witlow Grass i 00 30 0 9 28 11 58 00 â >i^ Tn. Sun's dec. 19° 24' s. Skvlark sings. 'Sauoer-like Peziza 53 31 0 53 29 12 13 23 â H W. Great Titmouse beai'd. .Pointless Moss (Phasurn) 5> 33 sets ® 12 28 24 Prisca was a Roman virD;m, martyred by command of the Em- peror Claudius, about the year 4", for refusing to desert Christianity. Fabian, nineteenth Bishop of Rome, was martyred on this day in the year 214. during the Decian persecution. Agnes, another Roman and Christian virgin, was martjTed on account of her religion, by order of the Emperor Diocletian, about the year 304. She was only thirteen at the time she was beheaded. Formerly om* country maidens were accustomed to go to bed supper- less on the night of the 20th, which they called 'â fasting St. Agnes* fast," with the belief that their future husbands woidd appear to them in their dreams. Vincent was a Spanish Christian, burnt during the same persecu- tion, by the Emperor Diocletian, in the year 304. Phenomena of the Season.âWhilst we are writing this (Jan- uary 6th), the face of the earth is covered with snow which fell the preceding night; but a thaw has commenced, and as one of our ob- jects in publishing these notes is to awaken a spirit of inquiry among our readers, let us examine a little into " the why and because " of what this thaw is doing. We see that a spade
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