Star.
London, England, 1822-09-16 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER.

The bright sun threw his glary all around, ,
And then the Wry, maid. awkianiiid Omni
Swept, with a nunieal and fitful semi, •
Among the fading foliage of the trees;
And, now and then, a Artful gust wield seise
Same &Sing leaf, and, like a lilting thing
Which Sits about wiser ever k may pima%
It bated round to musty as ai=
rat on the dewy grass it lost its wing! P. Dams.
September is, generally, accounted the finest and
most settled month in the year. The mornings and
evenings are cool, but possess a delightful freshness,
while the middle of *the clay is pleasantly warm and
Open ; occasionally boasting
syt etchings. whkh are maltreat
In their cerulean skies, suid setting suns,
And clouds gold-yeatheed—as the summer ones !
A " morning's walk" at this season is replete with
gratification to the admirer of Nature's beauties.—
What a magnificent phenomenon is every day ex-
hibited in the rising of the Sun! yet Loco common is
the observation, that indolence and the love of sleep
prevent a great part of mankind from contemplating
this beauteous wonder of the Creation!
The swallow now takes its departure for warmer
regions. Many of the small-billed birds that
feed on insects dis..ppear when the cold weather
commences. The throstle, the redwing, and the field-
fare, which migrated in March, now return; and the
ring-ouzel arrives from the Welch and Scottish Alps,
to winter in more sheltered situations.
There ate in blow, in this month, nasturtia, china-
aster, marigolds, sweet-peas, mignionette, golden-rod,
stocks, tangier-daisy, holyoak, Michaelmas-daisy, in
fine weather quite clustered with bees; saffron (crocus
saliva.), and ivy (&edere helix). The following also
may be added as flowering in September:—The flower-
ing rush (britautus umbellattts), much esteemed by Bri-
tish botanists as being the only plant, a native of this
island,which belongs to the class Enneandria of Lin-
lizus ; smallage (apium gravadens), the root of which,
in its wild state, when growing near water, is fetid,
acrid, and noxious; but,when cultivated, it loses these
properties,aud the root and lower part of the leaf,stalks,
and stem,blanched by covering them up with earth,are
eaten raw, and become the esteemed and well-known
celery—a valuable anti scorbutic. This singular property
is very common in the vegetable kingdom, and is a
powerful and pleasing illustration of the beneficial ef-
fects of industry, and of the plastic properties of vege-
tables, which, from acrid poisons, are converted into
salutary esculents. To these may also be added the
great burner saxifrage (pimpexalla warm), the root
of which is acrid and burning like pepper, and fias
occasionally been used as a remedy for the tooth -ache;
and what is more important for the Ladies to know,
its powers as a cosmetic are inferior to none, freckles
being quickly removed by it. Those elegantly twining
and ornamental plants, the coevolordi, or bind-weeds,
adorn almost every hedge with their milk-white blos-
soms; which, contrasted with the shining scarlet ber-
ries of the solarium dalcamara, seen in profusion at
the same time, give a pretty appearance to the hedges,
while over the ground beneath are scattered the yel-
low flowers of the toad flax (antirrhinum linaria) with
scilla autumnalis, and the interesting flowers of the
epilobium ortgustifolium, an infusion of which has an
intoxicating property ; the down of the seeds has also
been manufactured into stockings by the natives of
Kamptschatka. Among the maritime plants may be
named the marsh glass-wort (salicornia herbacca),
and the sea-stork's bill (erodium maritimum), on sandy
shot es; and the officinal marshmallow (althwa
offici-
nalis) in salt marshes. Various of the feathered tribe
now commence their autumnal music; among these,
the thrush, the blackbird, and the woodlark are con-
spicuous. The phattena russula and the saffron but-
terfly ('papilio hyale) appear in this month.
Stoats and Weasels are now very active in the
poultry yards. Sometimes they are useful auxiliaries
in destroying rats; but unfortunately they frequently
attack the poultry. The weasel is much smaller than
the stoat, and may be known by a distinct black spot
on each side of the mouth. The colour of both is a
light brown, but in severe winters the stoat is found
often nearly white.
I lerrings (dupea) pay their annual visit to England
in this month, and afford a rich harvest to the inha-
bitants of its eastern and western coasts.
The autumnal equinox happens on the 22d of Sep-
tember, and at this time the days and nights are equal
all over the earth. About this period, heavy storms
of, wind and rain ate experienced, as well as at the
vernal equinox.
lm this month Nature continues to pour out her
o autumnal fruitery" from her Amalthuan horn, and
to present ungrateful man with a store of the most
delicious fruit—" plums, round, and of blooming
hue"—" golden apples"—" glossy nuts"—and
Wood berries,
That blush in markt ripeness through the dew !
The vine her marling tendrils shoots,
Hangs oat her dusters, glowing, to lite south,
And scarcely wishes for a warmer sky!
The " luscious lig," also, must not be forgotten ;
this fruit, though it doss not generally ripen well iu
England, yetih some favoured spots it arrives at al-
most as great
.r•eifection as in Spain, and more
southern countries. There is an orchard of fig-trees
at Tarring, near Worthing, in Sussex, where the
fruit grows on standard trees, and is so regularly
productive as to form the principal support of a large
family. Although the orchard does not exceed three-
quarters of an acre. these are upwards of 100 trees,
that are about the size of large apple-trees, the
branches extending nearly twenty feet exit way from
the trunk. '
Rural scenery is now much enlivened by the va-
riety of colours, some lively and beautiful, which are
assumed toward the end of the month, by the fading
leaves of trees and shrubs. And they who can drive
through " bowering lanes," without being insensible
to the charms of Autumn, will sympathise with the
Poet's beautiful description, and be enraptured with
the " lofty trees :4
Whose leaves ate tinged with beauty far above
Spring's gayest hues, or brightest, freshest green ;
Their blending shades of every din are arca,
Polo amber, half transparent% the ray
Of the be** Stitt ; while others. In his sliest.
Assume more gorgeous colours; others, grey,
Risher d and lifeless new, bestrew-the yarrow way !
B. Sawa.-