Part 75

8. Ground-ivy, Glechoma hederacea. St. Dionysius, bishop of Corinth.

9. Polyanthos, red, Primula. St. Mary of Egypt, 421.

10. Violet, pale, Viola tambrigens. St. Mechtildes, abbess, fourteenth century.

11. Dandelion, Leontodon taraxacum. St. Leo the Great, pope, 461.

12. Saxifrage, great thick-leafed, Saxifraga crassifolia. St. Zeno, bishop, 380.

13. Narcissus, green, Narcissus viridiflorus. St. Hermenegild, martyr, 586.

14. Borage, common, Borago officinalis. St. Lidwina, 1184.

15. Stitchwort, greater, Stellaria holostea. St. Peter Gonzales, 1246.

16. Tulip, yellow, Tulipa sylvestris. St. Joachim of Sienna, 1305.

17. Arum, Friar’s cowl, broad-leafed, Arum arisarum. St. Stephen of Citeaux, abbot, 1134.

18. Narcissus, musk, Narcissus moschatus. St. Appollonius, 186.

19. Garlic, Allium ursinum. St. Leo IX., pope, 1054.

20. Snowflake, spring, Leucoium vernum. St. Agnes of Monte Pulciano, 1317.

21. Narcissus, cypress, Narcissus orientalis albus. St. Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury.

22. Crowfoot, wood, or Goldilocks, Ranunculus auricomus. St. Rufus of Glendaloch.

23. Harebell, Hyacinthus non scriptus. St. George the martyr, patron of England.

24. Black thorn, Prunus spinosa. St. Fidelis.

25. Tulip, clarimond, Tulipa præcox. St. Mark, the Evangelist.

26. Erysimum, yellow, Erysimum barbarea. St. Richarius, abbot, 645.

27. Daffodil, great, Narcissus major. St. Anastasius, pope, 401.

28. Arum, spotted, Arum maculatum. Sts. Didymus and Theodora, 304.

29. Herb, Robert, Geranium robertianum. St. Robert, abbot of Molesme, 1110.

30. Cowslip, Primula veris. St. Catherine of Sienna, 1380.

MAY.

1. Tulip, Genser, Tulipa gesnerina. St. Philip, supposed to have been the first of Christ’s Apostles.

Bachelor’s Button, Lychnis dioica. St. James the just and the less, apostle, martyred in the tumult in the Temple.

2. Charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, or Sinapus arvensis. St. Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, 373.

3. Narcissus, poetic, Narcissus poeticus. The discovery of the cross, 326.