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A SEASHORE GARDEN

... Richard Jefferies to adequately deseribe the surroundings. Wild flowers of all descriptions are plentiful, and in season the blackberry end bilberry abound in profusion on the bushes and heather. Here the botanist can ever adi new specimens to his store, and ...

Published: Thursday 24 December 1896
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1749 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... in- matesm (about forty at present) if the necessary funds wzere forthcomingr. A stroll in the open air. diversified by blackberry-hun tmi ¢ occupied an hour. Then, at seven O'clock the children of the home and i, goodly number of residents in the - vicinity ...

Published: Tuesday 16 September 1890
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1699 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... issne of to-day Mr. Praeger is not t quite correct in designating the pine saw-fly a rare r insect. It is as common as blackberries on many largely. wooded properties in the South of Ireland, and on the Marquis of Wlaterford's property, with which I was ...

Published: Wednesday 07 October 1891
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1825 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

SCOTCH NOTES

... in Stirlingshire, and the experiment is meeting this year with success in the form of fine, large luscious Ibrambles. The blackberry bush is much hardier than the raspberry or gooseberry bushl, caterpillars and birds alike leaving it severely atone. A com- ...

Published: Thursday 29 September 1898
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1704 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PUNCHESTOWN

... being nexst, in front of Blackberry, Advance, and Eccentric, with Flint and Greek Girl' the last pair. At the next fence Greek Girl shot Up, and doscending the hill to the brook she and Firewater pursued Widgeon, with Blackberry at the head of the others ...

Published: Wednesday 27 April 1892
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 9189 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

BRIITISH GAME AND GAME POACHING

... MaacSs' VIII- *(COsCLnDinn APoTICL.) PHEASANTS AND PHEASANT POACHING. A FEW days priorto the advent of October, when the blackberries hang luscious on the brambles, and the brown nuts drop from the clusters, the keeper goees, as is his wont, to the coppice ...

Published: Monday 29 September 1890
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2202 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON LETTER

... the musiata world4 hardly get bread, much lesseheese, pickles, or beer. Solo pianists of 'high anerit axe' plentiful as blackberries. Vocalists who have been taught everything and orchestral players are verv Poorly remunerated, even when they can obtain ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1895
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1801 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

HAROLDSCROSS LORE

... evening without bringing home to them a pair of ral-its, some logs -of wood to heap upon the hearth, or a bunch of fine ripe blackberries. THE UPPER CROSS FUSILIEBS. In this neighbourhood there was a corps called the Upper Cross Eusihers,, so named from the ...

Published: Monday 25 September 1899
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2441 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

BALLYMENA HORSE-JUMPING SOCIETY

... not exceeding 15 hands With: shoes on-First. prie, ;S2; second prize, L1I: third prize, l0s. Mr. Mr. C. Aliens (GracehiiW Blackberry ?? 1 -Mr. Al. Montgomery junr's (Baellmena) Nellie 2 -Mr. R-bert 1. ltaiweiis (Fiuwivlliarn Avenae. Belfast) Sir watkins ...

Published: Friday 29 June 1894
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1948 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... me510s tO -aimw thee it would rake a sargi- *i'lPett1 to et an answer from a bimetallis. IL'. e3O were 'as plenty as blackberries they gUs) 'man an answer under comIlsion: .: rset pare of Mr. Walkidngton's letter ear- -tie Virles Of biinetallisin to ...

Published: Saturday 28 March 1896
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2381 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

DUBLIN DAY BY DAY

... there is any lick of informers nowv more than ever-they are and always havre been, acoording to the police, as plenty as blackberries in September-but it would 'seam that they will only give information con- ditional On secrecy. They will not brazen it ...

Published: Monday 15 January 1894
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2860 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS OF THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION

... 1gooseberries are infinitely inferior to those grown ii England. The popular fruits of tbe peaole are whortleberriee and blackberries, which are plentiful enough. Vege- tables of all kinds are br ought to much less perfec- tion than with us, anl our natioual ...

Published: Monday 21 August 1893
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2820 | Page: 7 | Tags: News