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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
this month, a cluster of purple grapes, sur¬ 
rounded by a wreath of hops. 
The author of the Complete Gentleman de¬ 
scribes 44 September with a merry and cheer¬ 
ful countenance, in a purple robe, and a 
wreath of white and purple grapes upon his 
head : in his left hand a handful of millet oats, 
and panicle, carrying a cornucopia of ripe 
peaches, pears, pomegranates, and other fruits 
of his season, in his right hand the sign Libra .” 
44 His purple robe sheweth how he reigneth 
like a king above other months, abounding 
with plenty of things necessary for man’s life.” 
OCTOBER. 
“ Ye swains, now hasten to the hazel bank.” 
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“In close array. 
Fit for the thickets and the tangling shrub. 
Ye virgins come. # * # # 
