FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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of a young man of a fierce and choleric as¬ 
pect, in a flame coloured garment; upon his 
head a garland of wheat and rye, upon his 
arm a basket of ripe fruits, as pears, plums, 
apples, gooseberries : at his belt, a sickle bear¬ 
ing the sign l r irgo.’' 
SEPTEMBER. 
-“ By the potent sun elated high. 
The vineyard swells refulgent on the day.” 
Thompson . 
The etymology of the name of this month 
is derived from its being the seventh from 
March. 
September may be considered the festival 
month of jolly Bacchus. 
“ For clust’ring grapes are his peculiar care.” 
We have therefore given as our emblem of 
