THE LAST OF THE FLOWERS 



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the autumn rain ; while a very wet summer produces a 

 luxuriant growth of stems, which then make haste to blossom 

 in the autumn sunshine. The same autumnal vigour is shown 

 in either set of circumstances by corn-poppies and the scent- 



SUCCORY 



less mayweed, as well as by succory and other less profuse 

 and conspicuous blossoms of tilled land. In normally 

 equable seasons their flowering-time is almost over before 

 September begins ; but great drought or continued rains 

 in summer will set them gaily blooming by the autumn 

 sheepfolds. 



