... could find no blackberries. But that must have been own fault, owing to eyes not being so sharp as they once were. The visit was worth making if only to listen to the delight of the children who swarmed everywhere within sight of a blackberry bush. They shouted ...

... EPPING FOREST : BLACKBERRIES. TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —I noticed last Saturday afternoon that a large number of visitors availed themselves of the beautiful weather. It was quite interesting to see the children hunting for blackberries, and although the ...

... may be caught in the river Itoding; there are butterflies and moths to be chased ; there are flowers in the spring and blackberries hi the autumn. Besides the creatures.and the trees, and flowers, there scenery; here and there, hill-sides clothed with ...

... and parties merry laughing girls, with baskets of all shapes and sizes, have Forest with more or less success. The Forest blackberry is generally so shaded that it seldom grows to size ; indeed, it has severe struggle fo survive until it gets “black” at ...

... bracken and blackberry bushes; the sweet briar and wild thyme, and a hundred other subtle influences which render its atmos here pure and sweet. In the middle of October the climbing honeysuckle is flowering over again ; are the blackberry bushes, and ...

... disposing of pauper boys, other places will also adopt it, and in a short time military musicians will become as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, and as great a drug in the music market as agriculturists, tailors, and shoemakers are in the labour market ...

... Ist in the brake had a very pleasant journey home, on the way meeting many couples going, as one of their party observed blackberrying. The run homewards being enlivened by a few songs, head quarters being reached by 11 p.m. We were pleased to see the interest ...

... certain that the shooting much improved aethe day went down, and in twilight the bull's eyes and centres, were plentiful as blackberries. The next contest was for eup, value £10, presented by Sir Henry de Hoghton; and cup, value £7, presented Major Thompson ...

... present time, greater than the supply. The blackberries just now in Brittany are glorious, writes a correspondent, but they remain on the hedges untouched. Kor the common Breton is ver-i religious, and thinks blackberries accursed because the Cr. wu of Thorns ...

... pleasant and safe than blue pill. The juice should be used alone, rejecting the skins. The smallseeded fruits, such as blackberries, figs, raspberries, mrrants, and strawberries, may be classed among the best foods and medicines. The sugar in them is ...

... green resembling pins’ heads. The climbing honeysuckle is in advance and shows almost perfect leaves. But the briars and blackberry bushes have as yet scarcely shed last year’s leaves. And so with the oaks, where there hardly sign movement amongst the ...

... closely together, so as to allow no juice to escape. Make a marmalade by stewing either apples, raspberries, mulberries, blackberries, or any other kind of fresh fruit that may be convenient, with some sugar. When the fruit has stewed long enough to be ...