OCTOBER DAYS 



By the 20th of September the leaves begin 

 to fall; they come down slowly, softly, deliber- 

 ately, turning over a few times on the way; 

 none are missed from the trees yet the ground 

 is strewn with them. You look up to say "the 

 trees are still in summer greenness," but even 

 as you speak you hear the low rustle about 

 your feet. The Goldenrods begin to show 

 signs of age, but the Asters are in their glorious 

 prime. 



By the first of October the general effect of 

 the foliage is still green, though more or less 

 touched with color. The Sumachs crowding 

 along the roadway or climbing the hillside are 

 suffused with red, the Elms have yellow leaves 

 and bits of yellow spray here and there, but no 

 tree is yet entirely yellow. The Birches are 

 dropping yellow leaves, but the trees are green. 



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