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CALENDAR OF FLOWERS. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Orpine, or Livelong, great, Sedurn telephium. 
St. Giles, patron of beggars and cripples. 
Born at Athens; abbot of Nismes, in 
France; died, 750. 
2. Golden rod, Solidago. St. Margaret, thir¬ 
teenth century. 
3. Flea-bane, common yellow, Inula dysente- 
rica. St. Simeon Stylites, the younger, 
592. 
4. Soapwort, pale pink, Saponaria officinalis. 
St. Rosalia, 1160. 
5. Mushroom, or champignon, Agaricus cam- 
pestris. St. Laurence Justinian, first pa¬ 
triarch of Venice, 1455. 
6. Dandelion, Leontodon autumnalis. St. Pam- 
bo, of Nitria, 385. 
7. Starwort, golden, A sty solidaginoides. St. 
Cloud, 560. 
8. Starwort, Italian blue, Aster amellus. St. 
Adrian, 306. 
9. Golden rod, Canadian, Solidago canadensis. 
St. Omer, 607. 
10. Crocus, autumnal, Crocus autumnalis. St. 
Pulcheria, empress, 453. 
