FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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# * * * the clustering nuts for you 
The lover finds amid the secret shade ; 
And where they burnish on the topmost bough. 
With active vigour crushes down the tree ; 
Or shakes them ripe, from the resigning husk, 
A glossy shower.” 
Hieroglyphically we emblazon this month 
hy a wreath of purple, crimson and white 
china asters, surrounding clusters of ripe 
hazel nuts. 
In the reign of Charles the First, October 
was represented, “ In a garment of yellow and 
carnation, upon his head a garland of oak 
leaves and acorns, in his right hand the sign 
Scorpio, in his left a basket of servises, med¬ 
lars, and chestnuts, and other fruits that ripen 
late in the year; his robe the colour of the 
leaves and flowers decaying.”— Peacham. 
Domitian, the last of the twelve Caesars, 
commanded that this month should be called 
after himself, Domitianus; but he was no 
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