... €xamplo of the apparent sizo of winged insccts, lot them seek a country lane in July at dusk with a butterfly net, when the blackberry is in full flower, and just beat the bushes gently when moths of quite ordina.y sizo are disturbed, and as one approaches ...

... DIARY. While the wind remains in the west and south in September, Nature almost stands still. The mushrooms multiply, more blackberries ripen, and the hawthorn berries flush brighter towards scarlet daily; but nothing “happens.” Awaiting a certain onset, ...

... shining through a haze cf insccts, as the children dream ot hedges glisiening with blackberries. s And yesterday the sun shone bright and warm, ripening more blackberries; but t':e wind came from the north whispering a message to the swallows. So the mixed ...