... Esex County Council has agreed to a resol- e tion in favour of the passing of an Act of Parliament 8 making mushrooms, blackberries, and plant roots the c property of the occupier of the land upon which they t grow, and rendering anyone taking the same ...

... vigorous blow at the right to rosin so dear to the heart of many land reformers. They Lave resolved that mushrooms, blackberries, and all other wild fruits belong to the f►rmer, and that en Act should passed to prevent people trespaseing in search ...