Excerpt from The Flora of the Sacred Nativity: An Attempt at Collecting the Legends and Ancient, Dedications of Plants Connected in Popular, Tradition With the Life of Our Blessed Lord, From His Nativity to the Flight Into Egypt The Visitation of the Shepherds; The Circumcision and Giving of the Holy Name; Candlemas, or the Presentation in the Temple; The Adoration of the Kings and the Bethlehem Star; Childermas, or the Massacre of the Holy Innocents; The Flight into Egypt; The Repose in Egypt; Conclusion; Index About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.