... he is only 31 years of age. He lives in Surrey, where he is very fond of gardening and has made a feature of cultivating blackberry shrubs. He had his first violin lesson at the age of six and after a lengthly course of training at the Guildhall School ...

... heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries, And daub their natural faces unaware More and more from the first similitude. —E. B. Browning. My dear Young Citizens ...

... Blackberry Wine Crash the blackberries with a is spoon. Pour over them • quart boiling water for every gallon of '• berries. Leave all for 24 hours, stirrioccasionally. Strain, add 21b. of sag for each gallon, stir well, and bot: Cork loosely at first ...

... An Inexpensive Jam Simmer in a stewpan 2 lb. of blackberries and 4 lb. of vegetable marrow dice with a breakfastcupfuls of water. When the fruit is soft, rub it through a sieve to remove all pips. Return the pulp to the pan, add 4 lb. of preserving sugar ...

... but one spade deep. The Blackberries.—The wild blackberry, the cut-leaved variety (the , parsley-leaf blackberry), Himalayan Giant, and the American varieties are dessert as well as culinary fruits. The parsley-leaf blackberry has similarsized fruits ...

... crop once only l —place them in this category. •They, are nearly as atmospherically hardy as the brambles. Blackberries—and the hybrids (blackberries . and .raspberrie.sl ci(6sed and . recrossed)7will_ vflourish almoet anywhere, in partial sbade and op to ...

... to turn the snow into rose-coloured fluff. I nrough a big wood I went. The dead bracken was covered with snow, but the blackberry bushes were trailing above it. A weasel started at my footsteps and ran deeper into the wood; in a field beyond a rabbit ...

... drink just add two tablespoonfuls to a cup of water or soda water. Nectarade.—Place some small fruit, such as raspberries, blackberries, or currants, in a preserving pan with a quart of water for each pound of fruit. Strain through a cloth when warmed through ...

... Hedgerow Recipes Blackberry delight.—Stew some blackberries. sweeten and pour into a buttered pie -dish. Beat an egg, add to it a tablespoonful of sugar and 4-pint of milk. Pour this over the berries. and sprinkle a layer of breadcrumbs on top. Bake for ...

... Countryside Jams During cooking, blackberries are apt to drain their colour into the juice, so for jam they are best mixed with apples. These absorb the blackberry colour and flavour, thicken the jam and improve its flavour. Blackberry and Apple Jam.—Peel, core ...

... bulk of mould for use. Keep it dry until the spring, for it loses strength if it becinnes wet,. Hybrid bramble berries.- Blackberries and raspberries have been used in to make hybrid bramble berries with the quality of the latter and with! the constitution ...

... were of pink and blue plaited velvet, and both carried bouquets of pink carnations. The mother of the bride attended in blackberry velvet, and hal a bouquet of tea roses, Mrs. Barker wearing blue silk and carrying a bouquet of pale pink roses. The duties ...