. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. 105 WEEKLY CALENDAR. M W D D U Th DECEMBER 14â20, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun. Day of Year. Tufted Pocher comes. Swamp Pine. laS 49 a 3 9 1 19 4 55 349 ;) F G-reenfinches collect in flocks. Pitch Pine. 2 49 10 11 20 4 26 ' 1 fi S Camb. Term ends. 0 ! Sapientia! Chinese Arbor Vitae. 3 49 11 19 21 3 56 351 117 SrN':i SuND-iY IX Advent. [comes. Wliite Cedar. [press. 4 49 mom. «?â 3 27 352 'is M ends. Brent Wild goose Slender - branch ed
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. 105 WEEKLY CALENDAR. M W D D U Th DECEMBER 14â20, 1848. Plants dedicated to each day. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. and Sets. Moon's Age. Clock aft. Sun. Day of Year. Tufted Pocher comes. Swamp Pine. laS 49 a 3 9 1 19 4 55 349 ;) F G-reenfinches collect in flocks. Pitch Pine. 2 49 10 11 20 4 26 ' 1 fi S Camb. Term ends. 0 ! Sapientia! Chinese Arbor Vitae. 3 49 11 19 21 3 56 351 117 SrN':i SuND-iY IX Advent. [comes. Wliite Cedar. [press. 4 49 mom. «?â 3 27 352 'is M ends. Brent Wild goose Slender - branch ed Cy- 5 50 0 25 23 2 57 353 19: Tn Linnean Soc. Meeting, [comes. Two-coloured Heath. .5 50 1 29 24 2 27 354 20 W ^Embei-Week. Long-tailedPocher Stone Pine. 6 50 2 33 25 1 57 355 O ! Pap!ENTia !âThese were the first two words of a Latin hymn, formerly s:ing in the church from this day until Christ mas-eve. The first liii? of this hymn in English was, " O! the wisdomwhich pro- ceeded from the mouth of the Most ; E:mber âThis is one of four weeks first appointed by Pope Calixtus, in the third century, for imploring a blessmg upon the earth's produce. They were seasons of peculiar fasting and mortifi- cation, when the priests put on "sackcloth and embers" (ashes). The Sundays immediately after these weeks are now appointed by the English Church for the ordination of her ministers. Phenomena of the Season.âAlthough we have had a few Insects.âEarly in the present month appears the December Moth lEriogasterâPwcHocampaâ populi); and it is the more notable by being almost the only one that is now to be found. It is not a very severe night-frosts, yet the days and weather generally were so mild and moist throughout November, that the common earth-worms were always to be found ^vithin a few inches of the surface, and often stretched upon it enjoying the moisture of the air. Their casts are even now almost as abundant upon our lawns as they are in th
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