... dinner table are luxuries our forefathers knew nothing of. Dinner- table decoration was restricted to holly and ivy and blackberry sprays, or the sparse products of the con- servatory grudgingly contributed by the gardener, and looked upon by him as pure ...

... romances to delight them and pass away the happy hours ? This is the blackberry season. Among the rich and russet autumnal tints stands out prominently the foliage of the blackberry so often used by gardeners in table decoration, but the delight of the ...

... years ago alleged it to be, its works do not multiply fast enough to main- tain their relative proportion to the whole. The blackberry is common enough in a sense, but as the hedge grows high and thick the berries get further and further outstripped by the ...

... has not the gift of getting confidences out of other people, nor are interesting specimens such as this one as common as blackberries in September. But the book is so shrewd and alive, it gives so admirably the outlook of the Hooligan, and shows you how ...

... trade might be driven in these wild berries, bringing in money anO pleasure to village folk, for ev ry child loves blackberry jam, and blackberry pudding is food lor the gods when eaten with thick yellow cream. Here is a clear case of wastefulness. Butter ...