Birds and Nature: September

BIRDS AND NATURE
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

VOL. VIII.

SEPTEMBER, 1900.

NO. 2

SEPTEMBER.

The golden-rod is yellow;
       The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
       With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
       Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
       Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest,
       In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook-side
       Make asters in the brook.

From dewy lanes at morning
       The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
       With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
       September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
       And autumn's best of cheer.

Helen Hunt Jackson.