Evening journal., 1901-09-27
OF SEPTEMBER FLOWERS
GROW AS AUTUMN DAYS SHORTEN

We pass imperceptib.y from Au-
gust to September, but before We
nave penetrated very far into the
month we begin to become conscious
Of a difference in the season-a dis
uncty autumnal tendency. The broad
fields of tasseled corn are sOftened by
an October like mist of a morning,
and grass and weeds are heavy with
moisture. The moons may be fervid,
but the mornings and evenings are
temperate, and the nights are Occa-
sionally so cold as to suggest the
thought of a hearth fire for added
warmth. Hints of the approaching
metamorphosis of the forest may be
seen in the bright colors appearing in
sumac, sassafras, tulip tree and sour
gum, and the foliage of field and wood
which has been steadily increas-
ing since January, is now at it's food.
Very conspicuous and attractive are
the morning glories that twine about
cornstallS bean pole and the stems OF
tall weeds. or weave in and out in re
cumbent beds, uplifting always to the
morning sun their delicate and vari-
cOlored blossoms so dainty and fragile
and so pure in color. Blue, pink and
purple. they show in profusion, while
occasionally tiny trumpets of a bright
orange scarlet may be met with. Ma
ture offers no fairer bloom than this
glory of the morning of early fall, and
there is scarcely one with which she is
more lavish. Everywhere about the
country dwelling, clambering over
the low walls, making a bower of
beauty of the rubbish pile. surmount-
ing the pailing fence, seizing upon
every available vantage point in the
kitchen garden. and rambling all over
the outlying fields, it imparts grace
to every point il touches and seems
to teach continually the lesson that
! true purity and refinement are unblem-
ished by surroundings no matter how
sordid or commonplace.
The delicacy of the morning glory
is the more noticeable at this time be-
cause the season is one OF rank weedy
growth. Excepting the dainty little
blue curls now scattered in profusion
about the dry meadows. and the cur
ious and attractive spirals of ths
ladies' tresses that rise at rare inter
walls amid the vafiegated mat of the
fields. there is scarcely a plant that /.
mot coarse and weed like in habit.
STURDY CORN STALKS
The corn that covers so much of tin,
land is typical of the vegetation Of this
period. Sturdy. vigorous, unyielding
it is diametrically opposite in charac
ter to the products OF the vernal sea
son. Yet it has its own peculiar charm
and one can readily understand that /
should be cultivated in another par
OF the world as a purely ornamental
plant. Proudly erect, with wavini
plumes. its bayonet shaped leave
cleaning in the sunlight. rank ate
rank it stands. ike a martial host oi
parade, a truly inspiring picture. Ant
later in the month. when it is cut an
stacked symmetrically about the field
the military suggestion is still presen
and the landscape effect is even NOR
picturesque.
WILDERNESS IN BLOOM
What foods of vegetation the field
! hold AS the rambler passes down tn
! Ihill into the marshy place beside tn
meadow brook the tide rises from
: ankle TO knee. then to waist an
, shoulder and finally submerges hiI
= entirely. And what profusions G
: bloom invite the eye during that down
. ward Journey Spots of pink an
chocolate innumerable, contributed b
I, the kidney bean. the lace-like whit
lof the wild carrot still blooming