August and September with scarlet and crimson fruit, vie in Autumn, 

 intensity of colour with many of our most brilliant flowers. The Colour of 

 Medlar again is among the most ornamental of Autumn trees, Fruit Trees 

 its leaves lasting in a glory of orange and red for a full month, 

 while close by the Spindle tree's fringes of pink coral in the 

 hedge hang above the rich foliage of the Bramble. 



Thus by wisely using all that is beautiful, whether costly 

 or common, may we prolong the glory of Autumn into the heart 

 of Winter. And by such dreams of beauty, the remembrance of 

 what has been and the faith in what will be, may we keep 

 warm, thankful hearts and hopeful souls through the dark 

 days to come. 



ROSE G. KINGSLEY. 



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