... writes to Pantile to come into the next room and hear an explanation of the incomprehensible transmogrification. Mr. Blackberry Thistletop, of Thistletop Farm, whose yokel mannerisms are irrepressible, even at a dinner party, complicates the plot further ...

... A Farce Thos. J. Williams, with the following ca»t: Toby poor relation) Mr. C. E. Mabbet. Mr. Bracebutton Mr. J. Hall. Blackberry Thiseltop jjr. G. Gear. Mr. Pantechnicon Pantile (a scientific friend) . Mr. J. Hand. Evelina (Bracebuttcn's daughter) ...

... why bullfinches do not begin the buds in autumn or early winter? ‘The answer is’ (writes Mr. Maher) ‘‘ the seeds of the blackberry or raspberry are then plentiful, and the minute germ is a ey eat ; and it is the same with the fruit buds, it is only the ...

... Wootton of fashion goes without saying. All the available Royalties wets there: ducbsesee and countesses were as plentiful as blackberries, but it was noticed that there were some members of the at etocrem muspieuous by their absence. The gardens behind Devonshire ...

... short of a pound and a half. • • The hedges in many places are almost covered with the different coloured blossoms of the blackberry bush, which, if not destroyed by the hedges being trimmed, will soon yield a good supply of that homely but pleasant fruit ...

... harvest, and no one need be idle. With fine weather the wheat will loon be gathered in. Nute_are abundant this year, also blackberries. JOSEPITUri. MARKET NEWS, NEWBURY CORN MARlERT.—Thomaslas. Wheat made a very poor show, and the enquiry dull and inanirsate ...

... Field with choice flowers, and the pulpit, also an artistic triumph, by Mrs. Corsellia ; the font,encircled wit row* of blackberries, red berries, and ivy, and filled with flowers of every tint, was decorated by Miss Bedrock ; the pillars, around which ...

... of ripe blackberries, housekeepers arc beginning again to discuss the question, as they each recurring season,whether or not tlie fruit is worth the trouble of preserving, and the cost of the sugar added to it. Of blackberry Jam, and blackberry jelly, ...

... the kindness shown them. • Blackberrying is now is full awing, and many a gatherer of this wild but tasty fruit, is now to be seen busily engaged along the hedges or among the bushes on Greenbam Common. This year the blackberry is in prolific supply, and ...

... Australia. The rainfall in New South Wales has been unusually heavy. Seventy (inches fallen in the last seven months. The Blackberry crop in Kent this season is an exceptionally large one, and the fruit, owing to the hot sun and high temperature, is of ...

... with lases of white daisies brigh:ened the choir rails, and the lectern bad a bountiful supply of apples and sprays of blackberries' at its base. The large window over the altar contained a varied display of fruit and vegetables, together with corn and ...

... exceptionally good one, and land there with good-bearing trees fetching large prices. During the past few weeks many tons of blackberries have been forwarded by train from Bridgwater and the neighbourhood to London and the Midland districts. While Daniel Pearson ...