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SCRAPS FROM THE COMIC [ill]

... natural conseqaence of the prevalence of this fashion that attracts the puppies. Lmhon the Hqset.j To B 8TAUAeNT-RESPES8 -A&sparagus and green peas are in the market. Place then boldly upon the bill of fare. It any body should ask for them, say tbat they ...

FLOWER SHOW AT ALTRINCHAM

... Sanders; one dish of potatoes, Captain MvAdonald Smith; dish of kidney potatoes, Mr. Simpson ; cauliflowers, Mr. Simpson ; asparagus same exhibiter. Mrs. Compton exhibited a csase of very beautiful ferns,$ for which an extra prize was awarded. Extra prizes ...

Literature

... lani. The kDife,' I mused, the Tories wiehl Is keener than the winds of May. Just then a bill these words revealed: 1 Asparagus Is cheap to-day. Like one transfixed I stood, and read 't'hat notice iu a fruit-shop hung; Grim sorrow flapped her wingi ...

LITERARY AND ART GOSSIP

... caybo, are other instances of similar nature to the Pitch Lake.-T'he Argonaguf for Judy. ASPARAGus.-Both the Greeks and the earlier Romans applied the term asparagus to the octsjl many plaits, and not merely to one botanical spseic! They probably ate it ...

THE GARDEN

... trcnbhing of ground as it becomes vacant, :end during the prevel- once of dry wyeather keep it eell forked. The young plants of asparagu.s xwill now bee ready fur planting in beds, which it is hopedl hive been kept well prepared ; let the roots be c:irefully ...

BURTON-UPON-TRENT FLOWER SHOW

... hill Heath, took first prize for cucumbers ; Mr. B. W. a Abbottsa, of High-street, first for broad beans, onions, and s asparagus, and second for cucumbers, &c.; the Rev. Henry ur Day, Lichfield-street, first rhubarb; Mr. B. S. Tomlinson, r of the Woodlands ...

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... Rcmans, uhose luxurious conna in honour of the Floralia is described in detail. With wind-thrushes from the Tagus and asparagus from Tarento, the guests drink, out of amethyst goblets, the red Massikian wine frosa SinueSsi. Such scenes as this compare ...

VARIETIES

... Green as a Leek is He. By the Author of Red as a Rose is She. Won't you Kiss Her? By the Author of Can you Borgive Her ? Asparagus in August. By the Author of A Rose in June. The Worst of Wives. By the Author of The Best of Husbands. The Old Martha. By ...

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... Rcroans, whose luxurious ccena in honour of the Floralia is described in detail. With wind-thrushes from the Tagus and asparagus from Tarento, the guests drink, out of amethyst goblets, the red Massikian wine from Sinuessa. Such scenes as this compare ...

VARIETIES

... of his cows got in front of it. and he soon had beef d la mtowed. Asked why no asparagus was ever grown in the gardens of Versailles, a French 14inister replied, Asparagus takes three years to attain maturity ; and no Ministry over lasts so long -in ...

HARVEST FESTIVAL AT FISHPONDS

... vegetable marrows, of Brobdignagian dimensions. The pulpit was delicately and effectually treated. The feathery foliage of the asparagus was employed to outline the pauels, and in the centre of each of the compartments was placed a beauti- ful bouquet, and the ...

Magazines

... audience by staying quietly in her own drawing-room, say on the shores of Lake Como.-Another capital article tells us all about asparagus, including the etymology of that much-abused word.-A poem, entitled A Dream of Sappho, by Minnie Mackay, shows that the ...

Published: Saturday 14 July 1877
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1496 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture