. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. IJ each day. Rises. Sets. and Sets. Age. bef. Sun. Year. Th Young Swallows fledged. Sweet Basil. 44 a 3 16a8 0 32 23 0 8 105 15 f Young Redstarts fledged. Sensitive Plant. 44 16 0 59 24 0 4 166 10 S [\'y oasts its leaves. Moss Rose. 44 17 1 au 25 0 17 167 17 Sun a Sun. apt. Trinity. St. Alban. Monkey Flower. Horn Poppy. Sweet Rocket. 44 17 I 56 26 0 30 168 18 M Tadpoles fore-feet seen. 44 17 â 2 30 27 0 4:) 169 111 Tu Meadow Brown Butterfly seen. 44 18 3 10 28 0 50 170 â¢20 W YoungGreenlinchesfle


. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. IJ each day. Rises. Sets. and Sets. Age. bef. Sun. Year. Th Young Swallows fledged. Sweet Basil. 44 a 3 16a8 0 32 23 0 8 105 15 f Young Redstarts fledged. Sensitive Plant. 44 16 0 59 24 0 4 166 10 S [\'y oasts its leaves. Moss Rose. 44 17 1 au 25 0 17 167 17 Sun a Sun. apt. Trinity. St. Alban. Monkey Flower. Horn Poppy. Sweet Rocket. 44 17 I 56 26 0 30 168 18 M Tadpoles fore-feet seen. 44 17 â 2 30 27 0 4:) 169 111 Tu Meadow Brown Butterfly seen. 44 18 3 10 28 0 50 170 â¢20 W YoungGreenlinchesfledged Doubtful Poppy. 44 IS 4 1 © 1 9 171 St. Alban, notwithstanding the mist raised around his memory by the miracles assigned to him and to his relics by lloman Catholic writers, certainly existed, and was one of the earliest martyrs in the Christian cause who suffered in England. It is usual to consider - him as actually the first of such sufferers, and, consequently, he has been styled "the Proto-martyr," and "the St. Stephen of ; He was born at Verulam, near the place where St. Albans, in Hert- fordshire, now stands ; served in the army of Diocletian, returned to his native place, was converted to Christianity, and was there be- headed, during the great Dioclesian persecution, about the end of the third century. More than four centuries after St. Alban's death, Offa, king of the Mercians, erected and dedicated a monastery to his memory on the spot where he was believed to have cndm-ed mar- tyrdom. Phenomena of the Season.âBefore proceeding to remark further upon the parts composing the floral beauties so characteristic of the season, we would observe that the 15th of June is St. Vitt/s^s day in our old calendars; and that an opinion closely resembling that entertained relative to St. Swithin's was hold concerning the anniversary of St. Vitus. An old distich says that, if it rains on this day, rain will occur every day during the thirty day


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