... away. They are much more numerous in wet seasons than dry ones. The making of blackberry jelly and jam during a wet autumn requires greater care. The gathering of the blackberry may be made an excuse for delightful excursions to grassy lanes and breezy commons ...

... which should be known as the blackberrying holiday. As it may interest some of our fair readers, we append a letter to hand from a lady correspondent : Having read in your valuable paper of the goodness of blackberries, I send you a reveipe, if you ...

... carefully covered over by the parent with aurae downy feathers, mixed with pieces of broken sedge and small branches of the blackberry ; and so carefully was it hidden that, although we were within two feet of it, it was with some difficulty the keeper could ...

... note which appeared a fortnight ago, commending the healthful recreation of blackberrying has evoked a warm commendation from a correspondent, who mentions that the use of blackberry jelly saved the lives of two of his children, who were suffering from bronchitis ...