... ealprogresssince the invention of printing is decidedly hard on Professor Skeat and Dr. Murray; and his selec- tion of asparagus, derived from sparrow grass -a species of grass to which sparrows are par- tial-as a by no means unfair specimen of the ...

... iolur ?? how the people of the land were *devotei to cabbage soup, which I liked iur- merelv. and ?? i3 not unlike a piquant as:paragus bisque ; how he f'ound the tree part- ridge mnost toothsome, and how your palate never tires of it, eat you it ever ...

... very oftim higbly.prized luxuries, and sometimes an acttal ' necessity. To be sleat the end of a day's travel to include asparagus, green peas, end other vegetables in v thie buh lme 'agand o premre a veritable least f swp, 0 fis, eutroe, meat, aad wesrt ...

... subtermrlean system of mushroomn oulti- vatioII at Paris, and on the admirable economy with which an enormous growth of asparagus is 1 locahiSed, afford Cur1ioUs examples of FTenc' dex- terity in the adaptation of meenns to ends. The author peremintorily ...

... intervals on the tables which surround the room, and a few excep- tional oxamples occupy the centre. NXet to gigantic E asparagus au I the perfect radishes grown near Paris are elaborate structures of the kind koovu 1 to ChaucLr's England as *-sotiltees ...

... some specmens of tbe rwing strawberrv plant. Consider- able space Was worthily allotted to line specimeens of incs, fig, asparagus, cauliflowerscabbages, peas, cu- Maibe turnps, potatoes, onions and radishes. Particu- Masty sturng, too, was the dis aYof ...

... studies of still life -that dqteqtable Belt of picture whioli shows us beer- jugs and loaves of bread, dead game, fish, asparagus, and so forth. One of the ijrst pictures likely to attract the notice of the visitor is from the band of a Belgian artist ...

... , Soul -or braiding. The aocordion-pleating is intro- us ixtioed into somse of the French mantles. In one the St is in asparagus-green cloth and forms the the jmntire, tightly-fitting coat, with the exception, of Se black velvet fronts, hack and sleeveS ...

... recognisable likenesser of Mr. Julian Sturgis. The cypresses in Mr. Da Eugene Benso's little Venetian piece are too thc like asparagus. The Scotch school scores a Eu Pr success with Mr. Murray's admirable Picardy W Peat Cutters. There is as much humour ...

... Battersly, Torquav-Bbx the I of ughtes. Henry Ellis and Son, silversmiths to the' Queen eai Sxnll articles of silver plate, asparagus fork, nnd gold and ?? slvcer safety chain brooches, Devonshire agate, and Madra- wlith poeditto; :apecimens of silver, net ...

... &c.; aromatic herbs, p Psrsley, &c.; vegetables used as salads; various vegetables, as spinach, cabbages, artichokes, l asparagus, chicory, &c. Mushrooms and truffles. l Cucumbers, melons, &c. Colouring or dyeing plants, l as indigo, saffron, &c. Textile ...

... up the traps' Then the decorations tlI Even little bits of shops o0 the outside of the n place will be half covered witll asparagus nn fo to seed, and have their red flags made of pocket- ?? handkerlchiefs ard mottoes of welcomeu with t tumbledown letters ...