Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-09
GOODBYE TO SUMMER.
HI am the Virgin and my vestal dame
R...r. re-- intarfIu Than the L. on a ra1a

, GOODBYE TO SUMMER
HIam the Virgin and my vestal fame
Burns less intently than the on's rage
shs saves are my only gsrlands, and claim
The Golden Harvests my heritage
The Poets Cdlenodr, August
The harvest month OF summer has
glided swiftly by, and the dry earth,
the dropping flowers, the fast-forming
seed pods, the shrill chirp of the grass
hopper, warn us that summer 8 over.
We yet have the long September in
which to watch our garde 8. Asters
and dahlias and royal chrysanthemums
are the typical flowers of autumn, but
sweet peas, pansies, carnations and
poppies still breathe of the golden sum-
mer.
Hedges are thick with the lush, daI k
fruit of elderberries, buckwheat fields
are white with bloom and sweet as
summer clover; blue gentians and
chlcory blossom bv the roadside and
the pale, pink, purple of the milkweed
or wild cotton are heavy with their too
sweet perfume. Thistles are begin
nIng to fade and soon their ghostly
messt ngers will float on the air, | ent
Oh fulfilling their mission. The
orchards are laden with fruit: yellow
pippIns, red-cheeked Baldwins aud
Spies and tawny ru sets. Velvet
peaches and golden ! ears tempt the
passer-by to pick their rich fru while
20 der grape-irellis begins to show the
the deep purple of Concords and Isa-
bellas the amber globes of the Dela-
ware grape and all the rich shades of
rare anu luscious seedlings.
September is the best of all the
months in which to remember the joys
and changes of the year, while 1t brings
its own beauty and fruition. SO We
say, "Good-bye, Summer" with tear
| aud smile and turn to greet the fair
herald of Autumn in hearty apprec a.
ton of all her gifts and graces. To the
tiowers-Iovers we express the hope
that their summer has been happy one,
that their gardens have been thriving
and their flowers fair and fragrant, and
that autumn may bring to them rich
harvest of blossoms, of hopes fulfilled
and labor rewarded.
FLORAL PAPERS AND DEPARTMENTS.
The value of floral departments in
our magazines and newspapers, cIn
hardly lie estimated in developing a
love for flowers among the people and
making tn, m ambitious to have refined
and beautiful homes.
Facts and information are brought be-
fore the people, new plants are de-
scribed and new uses and combinations
Tor the old ones BY this means We
may exch hlnge with each other our ex-
periences and bring forward our pet
me hods of cultivation.
All items on this subject are useful to
us and we would be glad to hear from
all the flower lovers, to become familiar
with the pretty hooks in their gar
dens, to know of the wild flowers that
grow in every locality, and any expert
ments made In tranSpl nting the n.
For these expressions of good will
we shall be extremely grateful, while
we extend our thanks to those who
have already favored us.
CAN PLANTS SEE?
All who have watched the grow tn of
plants must have had this question sug-
gested to them by some peculiar habit
of growth. An exchange gives an in
teresting anecdote in support of this
theory.
The candid observer must admit that
many plants act as if they had the
faculty of seeing. AT any rate, they
manage to tnd food and support by
some special sense, which the unscien-
tific mind cannot name any better than
to call it sight. Mrs. King describes a
very curious instance of this habit of
looking out for support on the part of
a creeping plant in India:
"My husband has broached theory
that / cannot remember to have met
with before, namely, that creeping
plants can see, or at any rate have some
faculty equalling sight. He was sit
ting in the veranda with one foot up
against a large pillar, near to which
grows a kind of convolvulus. Its ten
drills were leaning over into the YER
and >, and to Roberts surprise he pres
emily noticed that they were vIsibly
turning toward his leg. He remained
in the same position, and in less than
an hour the tendrils had laid them
solves over his leg.
'Thls was in the early morning,
and when at breakfast he told me of
this discovery, we determined to make
further experiments. When we went
out into the veranda the tendrils had
turned their he Ids back to the railing
in disgust. We got pole and leaned
inches from the nearest sprays of con-
volvulus.
I'm ten minutes they had begun to
curve themselves in that direction, and
acted exactly as you might fancy a very
slow AXE would do if he wished to reach
anything. The upper teudrlls bent
down and the side ones curved them
selves until they touched the pole, and
n fay furi ta1
t.
'It was on the side away from the
light, and executing the faculty of
sight, We can think of no other means
by " hich the tendrils could be aware
They had to turn away from the light
to reach it, and they set themselves IN
motion visibly within few minutes of
the poles being there"
EsCHscHoLTzIAs.
Probably all are familiar with this
beautiful golden flower, the California
poppy as it is called, and now adopted
as the State flower of California.
A writer in The May Flo 10er brings
rut this plant in a new role, while thus
describing it: 1t is one of our hardest
and most snowy garden ANIMALS, and
though cheap and quite common it is
universally admired on account of its
superb flaming orange color. There
are however other colors both double |
and single, but the common orange is
most admired. 1t is not our object at
this time to speak of it as garden
flower. out in a new role-a pot plant |
for winter blooming. Who would ever
think of such thing; but experiment. |
ing often reveals wonders. Last De- !
cember we Gust for experiment. sowed
half dozen seeds of Eschscholtzia in
five inch pot, and placed it in sunny I,
window. 1t terminated quickly and |
the rank growth of beautiful cut foli-
age was soon so profuse that as pot of |