Hairy Achania. _Achania pilosa._
Dedicated to _St. Ambrose_.
[408] Howard’s Climate of London.
~December 8.~
_The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary._ _St. Romaric_, Abbot, A.
D. 653.
The winter season of the year 1818, was extraordinarily mild. On the 8th
of December, the gardens in the neighbourhood of Plymouth showed the
following flowers in full bloom, viz.:--Jonquils, narcissus, hyacinths,
anemonies, pinks, stocks, African and French marigolds, the passion
flowers, and monthly roses, in great perfection, ripe strawberries and
raspberries. In the fields and hedges were the sweet-scented violets,
heart’s-ease, purple vetch, red robin, wild strawberry blossom, and many
others. The oak and the elm retained much of their foliage, and the
birds were sometimes heard as in spring.
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