BIRDS AND NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOL. VIII. SEPTEMBER, 1900. NO. 2. CONTENTS. Page SEPTEMBER. 49 THE MALLOWS. 50 EAGLE LORE. 53 THE SNOWDROP'S PHILOSOPHY. 55 THE GLADNESS OF NATURE. 56 FLOWERS AND THEIR INVITED GUESTS. 59 THE ASTERS. 62 SCHOOL GARDENS. 65 THE FLICKER'S MISTAKE. 66 TIGER-LILIES. 68 FLOWERS IN THE CRANNIED WALL. 68 THE WILD YELLOW LILY. 71 WHAT DO WE OWE THE BIRDS? 72 TO THE VESPER BIRD. 73 THE VESPER SPARROW. 74 THE WORSHIP OF NATURE. 77 BIRD-STUDY. 78 THE OREGON JUNCO. 80 THE CALICO BASS. 83 THE GROWTH AND VARIATION OF FISH. 84 THE ORIGIN OF THE FISH. 90 THE BANANA. 95 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. Copyright, 1900, by A. W. Mumford. THE MALLOWS.