... which has been justly awarded prize of 3/. is particularly worthy of notice. It is covered on the one side with bunches of blackberries, and on the other with ivy-leaves, exquisitely finished, and a chain across the lop has been cut out of the solid wood ...

... beneath their deceptive beauty. The hips ol tin* wild rose rest their rich scarlet upon the carved ebony of the luscious blackberry; while the deep blue the slow throws over all the rich bloomy velvet of its fruit, as it stands crowned with its ruddy tiara ...

... abundant berries,—the wild-rose with the hip. the hawthorn with the haw, the blackthorn with the sloe, the bramble with the blackberry; and the brionv, honeysuckle, elder, holly, and woody nightshade, with their other winter feasts for the birds. The evenings ...

... spring and summer. The most conspi- of these are the red hips of the wild rose ; the dark purple bunches of the luxuriant blackberry ; the brilliant scarlet and green berries of the nightshade; the wintry-looking fruit of the hawthorn ; the blue sloes. ...