The late Dr. Clarke mentions in his “Travels,” that as he was “one day leaning out of the cabin window, by the side of an officer who was employed in fishing, the corpse of a man, newly sewed in a hammock, started half out of the water, and continued its course, with the current, towards the shore. Nothing could be more horrible: its head and shoulders were visible, turning first to one side, then to the other, with a solemn and awful movement, as if impressed with some dreadful secret of the deep, which, from its watery grave, it came upwards to reveal.” Dr. Ferriar observes, that “in a certain stage of putrefaction, the bodies of persons which have been immersed in water, rise to the surface, and in deep water are supported in an erect posture, to the terror of uninstructed spectators. Menacing looks and gestures, and even words, are supplied by the affrighted imagination, with infinite facility, and referred to the horrible apparition.” This is perfectly natural; and it is easy to imagine the excessive terror of extreme ignorance at such appearances. ~January 19.~ _Sts. Martha, Maris, Audifax, and Abachum._ _St. Canutus._ _St. Henry._ _St. Wulstan._ _St. Blaithmaie._ _St. Lomer._ _Sts. Martha, Maris, &c._ St. Martha was married to St. Maris, and with their sons, Sts. Audifax and Abachum, were put to death under Aurelian (A. D. 270.) Butler says, that their relics were found at Rome, in 1590, one thousand three hundred and twenty years afterwards. DEDICATION OF FLOWERS. The monks, or the observers of monkish rules, have compiled a Catalogue of Flowers for each day in the year, and dedicated each flower to a particular saint, on account of its flowering about the time of the saint’s festival. Such appropriations are a _Floral Directory_ throughout the year, and will be inserted under the succeeding days. Those which belong to this and the eighteen preceding days in January are in the following list:-- JANUARY. 1st. _St. Faine._ NEW YEAR’S DAY. Laurustine. _Viburnum Tinus._ 2d. _St. Macarius._ Groundsel. _Senecio vulgaris._ 3d. _St. Genevieve._ Persian Fleur-de-lis. _Iris Persica._ 4th. _St. Titus._ Hazel. _Corylus avellana._ 5th. _St. Simeon Stylites._ Bearsfoot. _Helleborus fœtidus._ 6th. _St. Nilammon._ Screw Moss. _Tortula rigida._ 7th. _St. Kentigern._ Portugal Laurel. _Prunus Lusitanica._ 8th. _St. Gudula._ Yellow Tremella. _Tremella deliquescens._ 9th. _St. Marciana._ Common Laurel. _Prunus Laurocerasus._ 10th. _St. William._ Gorse. _Ulex Europæas._ 11th. _St. Theodosius._ Early Moss. _Bryum horæum._ 12th. _St. Arcadius._ Hygrometic Moss. _Funaria hygrometica._ 13th. _St. Veronica._ Yew Tree. _Taxus baccata._ 14th. _St. Hilary._ Barren Strawberry. _Fragaria sterilis._ 15th. _St. Paul the Hermit._ Ivy. _Hedera helix._ 16th. _St. Marcellus._ Common Dead Nettle. _Larnium purpureum._ 17th. _St. Anthony._ Garden Anemone. _Anemone hortensis._