... pastoral purpoes. The sweetbriar, also a garden favourite in some countries, ha; thriven almost beyond control; and the common blackberry has become nuisance in some places, and most difficult eradicate. Numbers and numbers of species of beautiful trees, shrubs ...

... country have been ruined by it fcr pas' es. The sweetbriar, also i some counrri°s. has thriven N control; and tbe common blackberry ias become a nuisance in romp places, and to eradicate*. Numbers and numbers of beautiful trees, and flowerif ilants grow ...

... dodder, a parasite that often accompanies foreign seed. Earliness continues to be the characteristic of the season. Ripe blackberries were gathered from the hedgerow brambles a week ago, the stony haws have acquired their full autumnal colour, and catkins ...

... JAMS. Jam. —Pick the blackberries very carefully, removing all that are red and bard, and any little leaves and stalks. Havo ready pared, cored, and sliced about half weight of good cooking apples that there is of blackberries. Rinse copper enamel and ...