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CALENDAR OF FLOWERS. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Orpine, or Livelong, great, Sedurn tele- 
phium. 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 dysen- 
terica. St. Simeon St.ylites, 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.Pambo, 
of Nitria, 385. 
7. Starwort, golden, Aster 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. 
