... coloured velvet. Behind this, a large white ostrich-feather followed the outline of brim, tucked under it being a bunch of blackberries, with autumn briar foliage in greens and dun-browns. Another good hat was of violet satin straw trimmed with dark velvet ...

... sent us a goodly quota, and all your English sporting shires were importantly represented, while Scotchmen were plenty as blackberries, and the bronzed faces of many Con tinental horse-lovers were seen among the fashionable crowd. I must tell yon that the ...

... evening lately, and when in Ireland last week quite a vision was evolved by a clever little hostess out of half-ripened blackberry sprays and crimson sorrel-tops. With rowan-berries and wild forget-me-nots another daring but most able scheme was carried ...