... the Croydon main road, and so home again toStreatham Park. Aslthreaded my way over the Common, through braken, gorse, and blackberry bushes, T reached an clevated spot, which, as an old writer says. “takes the pedestrian by surprice. an( atfords him an ...

... at the back early on Sunday morning.—Fllis told the magistrates that he and his companions had gone out mushrooming and blackberrying on Satarday night, and hadstayed out allnight. When they got near prosecutor’s orchard they saw three other lads who were ...

... leave home, some of the simplest and most obvious lessons of natural history.—**.4 Year with the Birds” (AN OXFORD {rmn). BLACKBERRIES. With pen and with pencil we're leatning to say Nothing—more cleverly every day. — = GRUBN, — — Grubb thinks and talks ...

... might have been alone here, but The Warren has been discovered, and to-day it is invaded by a predatory horde intent on blackberries. They are well rewarded, though as yet there is no general ripeness, but there is so great an abundance that they yield ...

... Away and away the poor grasshovper flew— How far and how fast he Limself never knew But e paused in a ficld where the blackberries grew, q The Llossoms were white, and the leaves were auite green, “Ah!” thought he to himself, “what a beautiful screen ...

... out on these excursions, he would be met by some of the other boys, who had come out birdnesting, or to gather nats or blackberries, talking to himself, and quite oblivious of their presence, and from this and other causes, the report had got about that ...

... where every bud and leaf Is full ofdnum-, as life is full of grief. : I want to pull the honey-bud that twines About the blackberries and gold-leaf sloes ; 'l'ulP‘n the boughs where the rare water shines, read the .o,v. bank whereby the bulrush growe— 3 ...

... WOOD,” told in the following tahieaux : —The Death of the Parents, The Treacherous Uncle, The Slaying of the Rutfian, The Blackberry Feast, The Barial of the Babes. New device, the Firework Procession of Animals, Humorous device, The Donkey and Carrets ...

... which number, 13 or more will be played on the Pavilion Ground, Tue BLACKBERRY UNDER CULTIVATION. — An old resident in the Beveriey-road bas in his garden a somewhat remarkable blackberry bush. It extends 36 feet on his fence, and within the last month 12 ...

... the head. Place the casks ina dry and cool place, and the fruit ix them will keep fresh and plump for months. How *o make blackberry wine: Wash the berries and then pour a quart of boiling water over to each gallon. Let them stand for 24 hours, stirring ...

... of a petty littie wood called “pcster’s Haunt.” It was Mav’s favourite walk, and in the autuma i was a lovely place for blackberries. May rozxed about, and presently sat down, as she felt rether tired. Su-i&,«uly she started, for a voice quite near her ...

... lies in front of the three red houses at the top. This part (which was s few years ago covered with beautiful furze, and blackberry bushes in Eoluhl). is now rapidly becoming as flat and as bare ss the bottom part of the Common. That the bushes were not ...