TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Preface v 



SEPTEMBER 



The Clouds 3 



The Rain 5 



The Wind 6 



"In Autumn." Frank Dempster Sherman 1 . . . 7 



The Thistle 8 



September's Flowers 12 



Golden Rod. 



Aster. 

 Other Cousins of the Golden Rod 13 



Sunflower. 



Chicory. 



Black-eyed Susan. 

 Some of the Golden Rod's Friends 15 



Garden Nasturtium. 



Wild Carrot. 



Jamestown Weed. 



The Bees 17 



To a Honey Bee. Alice Cary 1 18 



The Caterpillar 19 



The Grasshopper Family 20 



Grasshopper. 



Katydid. 



The Concert 21 



September. Helen Hunt Jackson 2 23 



1 By permission of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 

 1 By permission of Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. 



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