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* the clustering nuts for you 



The lover finds amid the secret shade ; 

 And where they burnish on the topmost bough, 

 With active vigour crushes down the tree ; 

 Or shakes them ripe, from the resigning husk, 

 A glossy shower." 



Hieroglyphically we emblazon this month 

 by a wreath of purple, crimson and white 

 china asters, surrounding 1 clusters of ripe 

 hazel nuts. 



In the reign of Charles the First, October 

 was represented, " In a garment of yellow and 

 carnation, upon his head a garland of oak 

 leaves and acorns, in his right hand the sign 

 Scorpio, in his left a basket of servises, med- 

 lars, and chestnuts, and other fruits that ripen 

 late in the year; his robe the colour of the 

 leaves and flowers decaying." Peacham. 



Domitian, the last of the twelve Caesars, 

 commanded that this month should be called 

 after himself, Domitianus ; but he was no 



