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Poetry

... more coal on; Lct us push about the flagon, And the children play snap-dragon. .Make the most of moments flying, Whilst asparagus is tdying, And the green peas looal more distant, With the weather inconsistent. Loss of Spring a Fogy grudges, Morv, as ...

THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SPRING SHOW

... new kidneyv Pots- tons was wedged in between another of ,!rapes and a box of luscious strawberries. Although i the giant asparagus, included in the collection, was not quite two feet long, asd is con- sequently dwarfed into insignificance bv thac recently ...

Fashion and Varieties

... Sunday in thle beck yard, mother ? The best charade w e ever saw is the following, by an Eng. lish cockney, Upon the word asparagus, mispilled sparrow. grass :- My first is a little thing vot hops, My socend brings us good hay crops, Miy wholo I eats ...

BELFAST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... the Marquisof Donegall, and of Mr. Brownlow,) ripe grapes, full grown green peas, carrots, turnips, cauli- flowers. and asparagus,-the last, of a very superior descrip- tion.-A very fine cucumber, (measuring about about 24 inctes in length,) which was ...

SUMMER SHOW OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND FRUITS, IN THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN

... some fine cauliflowers, turnips, &c.; several dishes of tempting, healthy, new potatoes, and a few bunches of magnificent asparagus, sent merely for exhibition by the Bishop of Down and Connor. Of fruits, the display was scanty, but what was shown appeared ...

LITERATURE

... ir De Jure Repni, pri. 62, UIb)-qject. 1G6S. GARLDENERS1.'CALPAFIR &C. li1 |FR DMEEMBER. L- Earth up the artiebokeĀ§ and asparagus beds, if formerly omitted. Care should be taken of the cauliflower plants under glasses, by giving them air, and- picking ...

ROYAL CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY

... bouquet was handed on to the stage. The bouquet, which was composed of lilum lancifolinem ruLram, lapageria alba, swainsonia, asparagus pliunosa, and adiantum, wvith streamers of smiia: and liliums, tied with bows of satin ribbon, was arranged by Messrs. Alexander ...

THE PARIS EXHIBITION. FOOD

... vegetables. He can carry the truffle with him to Spitzcergen, and from Nantes he can be supplied with ortolans and Jbie gras and asparagus. It is only just that an honor- able fact shoutl be recorded of the house whose case I am describing. Some years ago, when ...

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN

... S. Craw- ford, Esq., Craford's-burn (Denis Mp'Dinald). FRUEIaTlSEs. Cucumbers-besv brace-lst prize, W. S. Crawford, Esq. Asparagus-best dish-lst prize, F. D. Finlay, Esq. Sealiale-best dlish-lst prize, W. S. Crawford, Esq. Mushrooms-best dish-lst prize ...

ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SPRING CATTLE SHOW

... the hedges have no fresh shoots, and the banks no primroses; though our gardens grow blacker instead of greener, and our asparagus refuses to swell-(laughter)-yet, out come our short-horns and our Kerrys with more rounded proportions of form, and more ...

FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE AT CASTLECAULFIELD

... evergreens. Over the vestry door was a neat arch of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair ferns. The pulpit was trimmed with asparagus plumosos, white cactus dahlias, and Virginian creepers (veitchii); the reading desk was some. what similarly treated, and ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... and carpets, all of native mnanufricture; 'with wax and candles, Siberian oil, seeds, hops, &c.- 'Specimnens of the wild asparagus are shown, the downy seed of wiich is said to be well calculated for the ma- nufacture of felt; and the whole collection ...