. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GABDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M D 17 w V MAY 17â23, 1849. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. MoonR. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock hef. Sun. Day of Year. Th AscEN. HOLV TliuES. May-fly appears. ; Early Red Poppy. 7a4: 4&a7 2 3 25 3 53 137 18 i'' ilidge appears. \ Mouse Ear. C 47 2 29 20 3 51 138 I'J IS Dunstan. Broods of Starlings fledged. Common Monk's Hood. 4 48 2 50 27 3 49 20 Sun Sun. aft. Ascen. SaUor Beetle appears. ' Horse Cliesmit. 1-^^,,,^^ Ragged Eobin or Cuckoo- â i 50 3 20 28 3 40 140 â n M Sun's dee. 20°
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GABDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. M D 17 w V MAY 17â23, 1849. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. MoonR. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock hef. Sun. Day of Year. Th AscEN. HOLV TliuES. May-fly appears. ; Early Red Poppy. 7a4: 4&a7 2 3 25 3 53 137 18 i'' ilidge appears. \ Mouse Ear. C 47 2 29 20 3 51 138 I'J IS Dunstan. Broods of Starlings fledged. Common Monk's Hood. 4 48 2 50 27 3 49 20 Sun Sun. aft. Ascen. SaUor Beetle appears. ' Horse Cliesmit. 1-^^,,,^^ Ragged Eobin or Cuckoo- â i 50 3 20 28 3 40 140 â n M Sun's dee. 20° 13' N. House-martin builds. bl 3 58 29 3 42 141 â »> Tu Trinity Term begins. Raspberry flowers, Yellow Star of Bethlehem. 1 52 sets @ 3 38 142 03 W Greasy-FritiUary Butterfly appears. IILililC. in. 54 9 a 11 3 34 143 :but one V. 51). Even in the laws of Alfred the Gi-eat it is mentioned as "The Holy Thursday ;" and we must all, as Christians, acknowledge and love to foster the remembrance of "The glorious Resurrection and Ascension.'* There is one elegant custom still observed in some parts of England on this day, which, so far from considering " more honoured in the breach than in the observance," that we ^vish it were more associated with thoughts of "the fountain of living water," and more generally observed. We allude to the " the well-flowering," at Tiaaington, in Derbyshire, aud elsewhere. " Still Dovedale yield thy flowers to deck the fountains Of Tissington upon its holiday ; The customs long preserved among the mountains Should not be lightly left to pass away. They have their moral; and we often may Learn from them how our wise forefathers wrought. When they upon the public mind would lay 'ghty principle, some maxim brought , the day is a day of entire festival; and the remem- brance of its yearly household gatherings softens the hearts of many wanderers from its homes in distant climes, and who were there
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