... 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. ...