. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 31 WEEKLV CALENDAR. M D 26 w D Th OCTOBER 26—NOV. 1, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. anil Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun Day of Year. Whitethorn leaves fall. Late Golden-rod. 46 a 6 43 a 4 5 47 29 15 57 300 27 F Elm leaves fall. Bundle-flowered Aster. 47 41 sets. New. 16 2 301 28 S St. Simon and St. Jude. 49 39 5 a 42 1 16 6 302 29 Sun 19 Sunday after Trinity. Green-fiowd. Narcissus. 51 37 6 14 2 16 10 303 30 M Red currant leafless. Dunghill Agaric. 53 35 6 52 3 16 13 3
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 31 WEEKLV CALENDAR. M D 26 w D Th OCTOBER 26—NOV. 1, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. anil Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun Day of Year. Whitethorn leaves fall. Late Golden-rod. 46 a 6 43 a 4 5 47 29 15 57 300 27 F Elm leaves fall. Bundle-flowered Aster. 47 41 sets. New. 16 2 301 28 S St. Simon and St. Jude. 49 39 5 a 42 1 16 6 302 29 Sun 19 Sunday after Trinity. Green-fiowd. Narcissus. 51 37 6 14 2 16 10 303 30 M Red currant leafless. Dunghill Agaric. 53 35 6 52 3 16 13 304 31 Tu All Hallow Even. Fennel-leaved Coreopsis 54 33 7 36 4 16 15 305 1 W All Saints. Laurestinus. 58 30 8 25 5 16 16 306 St. Simon and St. Jude.—These two Apostles are coraniemo- rated on the 28th of this month. Simon, for his zeal, was called Zelotea (Luke vi. 15), and that zeal speedily led to his crucifixion. St. Jude was a relative of our Lord. (Matt. xiii. 55.) Hia Epistle, addressed to Christians generally, is in our Bible. He was cruelly put to death by the Magi. All Hallow Even, or Hallow E'en, as it is called in North Britain, was in days gone by the anniversary of numerous incanta- tions and charms then used by maidens who sought to know the when and with whom " would wedded life begin. " It was a night on which our superstitious forefathers thought the witches, and other agents of evil, were especially on the alert. Insects.—At the end of October, and early in November, the Liroe-looper, or Mottled Umbre Phenomena of the Season.— There are very few hips and haws this year ; and this, according to an old adajje—respected even by Lord Bacon—should portend a mild winter: but we have never observed any truth in the omen. Abundance of these fruits of the dog rose and whitethorn can only intimate, that during their time of flowering (June and July) the season was dry, and favourable to the impregnation or setting of the fruit. In ihe present year
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