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CHAPTER IX. 
SEPTEMBER. 
) THOUGH we have in this month some flowers left to make 
the hedges gay, still there are but few that now make their 
first appearance, and consequently the list for the following 
Be months will be short. The summer flowers are fast disap- 
_ pearing, and we shall soon entirely loose them; but there 
. are still some plants that may have been neglected, and no 
Ps botanist must omit this last opportunity. After this period 
“Botany must be pursued in the house; and much remains 
to be one i in arranging and studying the treasures procured 
during the s summer. * 
as Ferns are ee eed and are an extremely 
inte: resting class of plants : their elegance, curious fructifica- 
m, and beauty, (which they retain when dried,) will make 
Eg: as 2. 
