Part 72

24. Moss, stalkless, Phascum muticum. St. Timothy, disciple of St. Paul, 250.

25. Hellebore, winter, Helleborus hyemalis. The Conversion of St. Paul.

26. Butter-bur, white, Tussilago alba, or Colt’s-foot. St. Polycarp.

27. Moss, earth, Phascum cuspidatum. St. Chrysostom.

28. Daisy, double, Bellis perennis plenus. St. Margaret of Hungary, 1271.

29. Fern, flowering, Osmunda regalis. St. Francis of Sales, 1622.

30. Spleen-wort, Asplenium trichomanes. St. Martin.

31. Hart’s Tongue, or Spleen-wort, Asplenium scolopendrium. St. Marcella, 410.

FEBRUARY.

1. Moss, lesser water, Fontinalis minor. St. Ignatius; and Bay-tree, Laurus nobilis. St. Bridget, patroness of Ireland.

2. Snow-drop, Galanthus nivalis. Purification of the Virgin Mary.

3. Moss, great water, Fontinalis anti-pyretica, St. Blase of Armenia, 316.

4. Moss, common hair, or Goldilocks, Polytrichum commune. St. Jane, or Queen Joan, 1505.

Bay, Indian, Laurus indica. St. Margaret of England.

5. Primrose, common, Primula vulgaris. St. Agatha, a Sicilian martyr.

Primrose, red, Primula acaulis. St. Adelaide, 1015.

6. Hyacinth, blue, Hyacinthus orientalis. St. Dorothy, 308.

7. Cyclamen, round-leafed, Cyclamen coum. St. Romuald, 1027.

8. Moss, narrow-leafed spring, Mnium androgynum. St. John of Matha, 1213.

9. Narcissus, Roman, Narcissus Romanus. St. Apollonia, 249.

10. Mezereon, Daphne mezereon. St. Scholastica, 543.

Moss, silky fork, Mnium heteromallum. St. Coteris, fourth century.

11. Primrose, red, Primula verna rubra. St. Theodora, empress, 367.

12. Anemone, noble Liverwort, Anemone hepatica. St. Eulalia of Barcelona.

13. Polyanthos, Plimula Polyanthus. St. Catherine de Ricci, 1589.

14. Crocus, yellow, Crocus mœsiacus, or Crocus aureus. St. Valentine, the lover’s saint. He was a priest at Rome, and married there about the year 270.

15. Crocus, cloth of gold, Crocus sulphureus. St. Sigifred, bishop of Sweden, 1002.

16. Primrose, lilac, Primula acaulis plena. St. Juliana.