. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 73 WEEKLV CALENDAR. M D w D Til NOVEMBER 23—29, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. San Sets. Moon R. anJ Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun Day of Year. 23 St. Clement. Convex Wood-sorrel. 34 a 7 Ill 4 42 27 13 18 328 24 F Larch leafless. Starry Stapelia. 36. 58 5 45 28 13 0 329 25 S Mich. Term ends. Catherine. White Butter-bur. 38 57 O, 12 42 330 26 Sun 23SuN. AFT. 7'rinity. Oak leafless. Linear Wood-sorrel. 39 56 4a51 1 12 22 331 27 M Anniversary of Botanical Society. Lupine-leaved ditto. 41 55 5 33 2 12 2 3


. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 73 WEEKLV CALENDAR. M D w D Til NOVEMBER 23—29, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. San Sets. Moon R. anJ Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun Day of Year. 23 St. Clement. Convex Wood-sorrel. 34 a 7 Ill 4 42 27 13 18 328 24 F Larch leafless. Starry Stapelia. 36. 58 5 45 28 13 0 329 25 S Mich. Term ends. Catherine. White Butter-bur. 38 57 O, 12 42 330 26 Sun 23SuN. AFT. 7'rinity. Oak leafless. Linear Wood-sorrel. 39 56 4a51 1 12 22 331 27 M Anniversary of Botanical Society. Lupine-leaved ditto. 41 55 5 33 2 12 2 332 28 Tu Elm leafless. Variegated Stapelia. 42 55 6 20 3 11 42 333 29 W Thrush resumes singing. Hairy Sphenogyne. 44, 54 7 15 4 11 20 334 St. Clement, converted by St. Peter, is thought to be nrentioned by St. Paul, in hts Epistle to the Philipi>ians(iv. 3). He was bishop of Rome, and mart\red tliere on ihis day, about the year 100. He wrote two Epistles to the Corinthians, which still remain, and were once recogrtised a part of the New Testament. He is the black- smiths' guardian-ia^'Qt. St. Catherine is said to have been tortured by being inclosed within a wheel lined with nails ; and this is conimemoraied in the name of a wel'-known firework. This virgin is said to have been beheaded on this day, in the year 305, by order of the emperor Max- eiitius She was the patroness of spinsters; and even yet, in some parts of England, maidens make holiday on this day—or, as they term a, '* Go Cathar'; Phenomena of the Season.—Thesealltellof the coming win- t(?F; and when we turn to the garden, we can sympathise with bim "nko said, "Again I come to view the scene Whose summer hues I well remember; 'Tis stripp'd of pride, 'tie shorn of green, Beneath the sway of rude November. Iksects.—In the autumn it is very common to observe part of th« leaves vf celery plants blistered " The melody of song is mute, Except the robin's lonely singing; The trees have


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