... in autumn. The bilberries and cranberries are the chief food of the grouse : the thrashes and starlings feed eagerly on blackberries and the rod, wax-like fruit of the mountain-ash.—Good Words. ...

... grin, and as he turned to depart be gently explained that Lord Spencers in tbat particular .ooality were as plentiful as blackberries in the autumn time. Explanations and expostulations were useless ; the discomfited Earl being forced to retnrn tbe way ...

... and some out of it, some at hand for use and others as a reserve. AMEDICAN BLACKBrItIIIES. —To all who care for preserved blackberries, either in the form of jelly or jam, I would say plant the American varieties. A single row across a quarter of the kitchen ...