that she dare tell them: only a Friday's dream is all her superstition; that she conceals for fear of anger. Thus lives she; and all her care is she may die in the spring-time, to have store of flowers stuck upon her winding-sheet.' This is the season in which cheese is made; the counties most celebrated for this article are Cheshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire. The corn is benefited by a cold and windy May, as it is too apt to run into stalk, if the progress of vegetation be much accelerated by warm weather at this season. In late years, some sowing remains to be done; and in forward ones, the weeds should be well kept under. Sow parsly and onions, coriander and leekes, DESCRIPTION OF FRUIT TREES. [Continued from p. 120.] MULBERRY TREE (morus nigra).-It is not easy to distinguish the common or black mulberry from that called the white mulberry tree. The latter has the tenderest leaves, which appear a fortnight earlier than those of the black mulberry; and the tree itself is remarkably beautiful, and as well adapted for planting walks and avenues as the elm. The white mulberry tree is also cultivated in France and Italy for the sake of its leaves, which are there preferred as food for silk worms. The timber, when immersed in water, will last as long as oak, and the bark is made into strong and tough ropes. This species of mulberry tree was brought from China, upon the following occasion:-In the middle of the sixth century, two Persian monks, who were missionaries in some of the Christian churches established in India, penetrated into the Chinese territory. They there first saw the silk-worm, and became acquainted with the secret of working up its productions into a variety of elegant fabrics. This they communicated to their sovereign, the Greck emperor, at Constantinople, and undertook to bring to the capital a sufficient number of these wonderful insects, which they performed by secreting the eggs of the silk-worm in a hollow cane. These eggs were hatched by the heat of a dunghill; and thus these insects, which were at first fed with the leaves of the wild mulberry, soon spread over Europe, so that in all considerable places extensive silk manufactories have been ever since established. The common mulberry tree bears very little fruit while young: it is larger and stronger than the white sort, and grows naturally in Persia, whence it was imported. Although the leaves of this species are less tender than those of the white mulberry, the silk produced by the insects fed upon them is said to be of the best quality, and hence they are often preferred in Spain and Portugal. The silk worms, also, prefer them, so that it is very dangerous to feed them with the leaves of the black mulberry, except in small quantities, after they have been accustomed to those of the white sort, because they often eat till they burst themselves. When these trees are intended to feed silk-worms, they should be kept in a low shrubby state of growth. If raised to produce fruit, they should be planted in grass orchards and pleasure grounds, that when the finest of the fruit drops, as it always does when ripe, it may receive no injury, and can be picked up in a state fit for the table. Mulberries abound with a deep violet-coloured juice, which is excellent for allaying fever and removing thirst. It is, however, rather an addition to the dessert than a medicinal fruit, though the bark and root of the tree afford a safe and cooling aperient. In Devonshire, the juice of the ripest and blackest mulberries is mixed with full-bodied cyder at the time of mixing and pressing, in such a quantity as to render the flavour perceptible. This deserves the particular attention of the other cyder counties, for the mulberry juice, when thus mixed with good strong cyder, converts it into a kind of wine, which is exceedingly grateful to most English palates, and would therefore be very profitable to the dealer, especially as the first authorities assert that the compound resembles the finest red wine, and never loses the delicious flavour of the mulberry. The fruit of this tree recommended itself to the antients long before its leaves were gathered for the food of the silk-worm; but the timber of those trees which grow in our climates is not applicable to any domestic purpose; although the fustic wood, which is found in such abundance at Campeachy, and is imported from Jamaica, is a species of mulberry. The inhabitants of China and Japan make paper of the bark of their mulberry trees; and the natives of the South Sea Islands manufacture theirs into a kind of cloth, which is, at first, fine and white, but is afterwards dyed red, and worn by their chiefs and other principal persons. JUNE. THE Saxons called June weyd-monat, because their beasts did then weyd or feed in the meadows. Remarkable Days In JUNE 1819. 1.-NICOMEDE. NICOMEDE was a pupil of St. Peter, and was discovered to be a Christian by his burying Felicula, a martyr, in a very honourable manner. He was beaten to death with leaden plummets, on account of his religion, in the reign of Domitian. *3. 1658.-DR. W. HARVEY died, Immortal for his discovery of the circulation of the blood. The private character of this great man was in every respect worthy of his public reputation. Cheerful, candid, and upright, he lived on terms of great harmony with his friends and brother physicians, and exhibited no spirit of rivalry or hostility in his career. He spoke modestly of his own merits, and generally treated his controversial antagonists with temperate and civil language, often very different from their own. By a vote of the College of Physicians, his bust in marble was placed in their hall, with a suitable inscription, recording his dis coveries. 4. 1738.-KING GEORGE III BORN. 5.-SAINT BONIFACE. Boniface was a Saxon presbyter, born in England, and at first called Winfrid. He was sent as a missionary by Pope Gregory II into Germany, where he made so many converts, that he was distinguished by the title of the German Apostle. He was created Bishop of Mentz in the year 145. Boniface was one of the first priests of his day, and was also a great friend and admirer of the Venerable Bede. He was murdered in a barbarous manner by the populace near Utrecht, while preaching the Christian religion. 6. TRINITY SUNDAY. Stephen, Bishop of Liege, first drew up an office in commemoration of the Holy Trinity, about the year 920; but the festival was not formally admitted into the Romish church till the fourteenth century, under the pontificate of John XXII. *7. 1779.-BISHOP WARBURTON Died. To be always lamenting the miseries of life, or always seeking after the pleasures of it, equally takes us off from the work of our salvation: and though I am extremely cautious what sect I follow in religion, yet any in philosophy will serve my turn, and honest Sancho Pancha's is as good as any; who, on his return from an important commission, when asked by his master whether he should mark the day with a white or a black stone, replied, Faith, sir, if you will be ruled by me, with neither, but with good brown ochre! What this philosopher thought of his commission, I think of human life in general; good brown ochre is the complexion of it.-See his 'Letters.' 10.-CORPUS CHRISTI. This festival, the body of Christ,' was appointed in honour of the Eucharist, and always falls on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. It is called the Fête Dieu, or Corpus Christi, and is one of the most remarkable festivals of the Romish church, beginning on Trinity Sunday, and ending on the Sunday following. The common mode of celebrating this festival is by grand masses, and processions of the holy sacrament only; but at Aix, in Provence, a most extraordinary procession was first introduced by King Renè, which continued till the year 1788 or 1789, and was renewed again in the year 1803.-See our last volume, p. 117, for a description of this cere mony. 11. SAINT BARNABAS. Our saint's proper name was Joses; he was descended of the tribe of Levi, and born at Cyprus. His parents being rich, had him educated at Jerusalem, under the care of Gamaliel, a learned Jew; and, after his conversion, he preached the Gospel with Paul, in various countries, for fourteen years. Barnabas suffered martyrdom at Salamis, in his native island:-being shut up all night in the synagogue by some Jews, he was, the next morning, cruelly tortured, and afterwards stoned to death. The Epistle which he wrote is considered genuine, though not admitted into the canon of the church. 17. SAINT ALBAN. St. Alban, the first Christian martyr in this island, suffered in 303. He was converted to Christianity |