... German Emperor, andthe King of Italy are all clever whist piayers. A fcr bl.ckberry cordial.—To eseh quart of fin? ripe blackberries add « pint of water, half ounce esc of cloves. alispice, and cinnamon ; cook thoroughly, mask- ing the fruit. Wheo done ...

... Duchess pears. The English pear-crop large; but, as a rule, the quality is defective. These are many more kinds of English blackberries than is generally supposed. The cut-leaved bramble bears as tine berries any of the boasted American sorts. ...

... good in Germany as it is in Japan the tree will be largely planted in the former country. Warwickshire they think that blackberries ought not to be picked after Michaelmas-day, because on that day Satan has set the mark of his cloven hoof upon them. ...

... here a month hence, they took particular notice of all they had an opportunity of seeing, be able to go direct to the best blackberry grounds ir. the neighbourhood or will be able to pick out for ' Bliiners' the most lovely and unpainted Vennses who frequent ...

... dale, watching the blue and brown and gold and flame coloured butterflies fluttering around the wild snapdragon and ripe blackberries ; brushed the nut-trees, where the nuts were of course just out of reach, stirred-up the little village of Goonhaven and ...

... the sumach is wanted, and will supply you with the right sort. R. A. Chldleigh, Wimborne, in Farm I Home, Blackberry .Vinegar.—Pound the blackberries to a pulp, and pour over them enough cider vinegar to cover them. Turn into a stone ;ar, and allow it to ...

... an things thas called Saint-somethin-or-other es caution; an we do maake licky pie. turnip pie, beef pie, mackerel pie, blackberry pie, an every other sort ave pie. Laughter and applause. ) It do seem to me that the more ignorant ave we Cornish people ...

... very tempting. The re»t of the table was occupied by grapes, pear,, apples, plnms, oranges, lemons, melons, cucumbers, blackberries, cauliflowers. butter, eggs, honey, jam, cakes, bread, flower?, and many other edibles too numerous to mention. The table ...

... FARM AND GARDEN. Even the milk one Jersey a herd improves the colour of the whole of the butter made. Blackberries are fine and ripe, and so abundant year that they ought to very cheap. Thistles on arable land may be often exterminated in a season or ...

... little five-year-old girl, named Beatrice Emily Whear. witness named Polkinghorne heard the child scream as he was picking blackberries and soon afterwards saw Congdon cross the field with a hammer in h s hand, with which he had been nailing up his father's ...

... ach ' broad smile Parting Paul, just see what I have discovered, he said as on tore .us way gingerly through vines and blackberry bushes He poinied to a small, conical shaft of marh e. stained yellow-white the weather, and half a yard high. There was ...

... the parish of Paul are busily engaged putting in plant. Early Blackberries.—Whilst Mr. William Penrose wa3 engaged about his work in Paul churchyard, few days since, he espied a blackberry branch which bore about a dozen large berries. ...