Late August and Early September 



tember dress, but I do remember that he 

 dwelt chiefly upon our earher flowers, and 

 while, of course, he alluded to the many 

 species of golden-rods and asters to be 

 found in the United States, it seems to 

 me quite impossible that he could have 

 seen our country at this season and yet 

 have remained unconvinced of the unusual 

 brilliancy of its flora. 



Despite the beauty of our woods and 

 meadows when starred with the white 

 of bloodroot and anemone, and with the 

 deep red of the wake-robin, they are per- 

 haps less radiant than those of England 

 " in primrose-time." And although our 

 summer landscape glows with deep-hued 

 lilies and milkweeds, and glitters with 

 black-eyed Susans, yet in actual brillian- 

 cy it must yield the palm to an English 

 field of scarlet poppies. But when Sep- 

 tember lines the roadsides of New England 

 with the purple of the aster, and flings 

 its mantle of golden-rod over her hills, 

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