... continue remarkably cheap. Pears are still plentiful, and apples for cooking purpose-s are sold at 2d per lb. Damsons and blackberries are the available truits for tarts. Pineapples have been small and scarce, but large consignment is expected. ...

... houses are fast sinking and roads giving way because of the underground workings. As we had put off much time pick. ing blackberries, scanning • large forest in the distance, and learning our practical geography by the wayside, it was 10 p.m. before we ...

... Committee fooud to their cost tho other day that aspirants for municipal honours this season are not quite so plentiful blackberries io slimmer or poets io Paisley. They went “strobing round the town” for many weary night before they hit a gentbmun who ...

... him, framed in some stunted bushes, pallid and terror-stricken face, round cheeked and sunburned, with stains mountain blackberries about the moutb, and eyes expanded beyond belief. The angel had come in the shape of George Burleigh. George, said Chilton ...

... necea ary Clark said that the ministers could advise the Crown to make new peerages. They could make them aa plentiful blackberries. They make any mao peer from a scavenger or chimney sweep downwards. (Laughter.) With them they could through a bill to ...

... As a rule they are not really agreeable, but on the higher mountains .are two species of bramble-berries nice as English blackberries. The pine-apple has been introduced from the coast, and grows to great advantage. Orange trees have been despised by the ...

... dramatic critics of repute in every Government office, and men who are journiali-tas after four o'clock are as plentiful as blackberries. A ?cr3rUmR of minor picture galleries held their private views yesterday afternoon. At the Renibrandt Head there are pastels ...

... dramatic critics of repute in every Government office, and men who are journalists after four o'clock are as plentiful as blackberries. How ii lieginninK may have a prreat cniiiiiK is toM in Commissioner Johnston’s lilue-Book on P.riti>li Central Africa ...

... Sandside, has been highly commended for two beautiful fans hand-painted on crape, one with purple clematis, the other with blackberries, sent in competition for a prize offered the Fanmakers’ Company. Miss Harvey, Rosemount, Tain, has contributed some carved ...

... Gairneyfield, Corstorphine, having been highly commenided. Two hand-painted fans by -Miss Pilkingr(on Thurso, one with a blackberry design, and the other ?? purple clematis, have also won high commendation. One of the numerous wracer - colour drawiuns ...

... Sandaide, has b en highly comaended for two beam irel fans, h painter.' on crape, one with purple clematis, the othee* ith blackberries. mint in fora prize offered by the Fanmakere' Company. Mies Harvey, R semount, Tain, bas c .ntributed some carved sondwork ...

... Gairneyfield, Corstorphine, having been highly collhnelided. Two hand paintedi falns by Miss Pilkingonil, Thurso, *ne with a blackberry design, autd tile othe-' with pulrple clenmatis, have also violl high comiendatioin. nue of the nulnerlous watei-col:,ur ...