FLORAL DIRECTORY.

Cypress arbor vitæ. _Thuja cupressioides._

Dedicated to _St. Lucy_.

[412] Audley’s Companion to the Almanac.

~December 14.~

_St. Spiridion_, Abp. A. D. 348. _Sts. Nicasius_, 9th Abp. of Rheims,

_and his Companions_, 5th Cent.

~Ember Week.~

This is an ancient fast, wherein monks were enjoined to great abstinence

preparatory to the festival of Christmas.

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