FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



starry clusters mingle with the yellow plumes of the 

 gray golden-rod. 



The colors of the roadside in September are ex- 

 actly the reverse of what they were in early June.* 

 The asters and golden -rods are now tinting it with 

 purple and yellow, two colors which are strikingly 

 beautiful in combination w T ith the greenish gray of 

 stone walls and rocky ledges, which are rapidly com- 

 ing into plainer view with the thinning of the foliage. 

 The swampy hollow, which some time ago was lined 

 with the white of daisies and the gold of buttercups, 

 is now swept broadly by the sober, grayish lilac of 

 the purple-stemmed aster ; the meadow has exchanged 

 its emerald hue for a less vivid, warm rusty-green ; 

 the white-blossomed hedge is no longer white, but 

 yellow with the plumes of the Canada golden-rod ; 

 and the borders of the highway, once monotonously 

 green, are now decked in a thousand tints of golden 

 yellow, lilac, purple, lavender, pale scarlet-orange, 

 pink, and rusty-red a mosaic of infinite beauty on 

 a sunny day. 



* The prevailing colors of June are, of course, the bright 

 green of foliage and the pink of roses. 



