... a great centre to take the place of the old Bolton man. Inmodern times it is-goals that count, and goals do not grow- on blackberry- bushes. They grow on the toes of men like Shepherd or Cantrell, or Parkinson, or Whittingham. = ...

... and maintained loose and light, by which means it does not become so hard bound during intense frests, nor 5o cold below. Blackberries will do well and be profitable in any garden so long as they receive proper attention. At the present time any old plants ...

... n-Avon eight, so that for a country holiday it is very happily placed. In the autumn the common is rich with blackberries, and as blackberry picking visitors are few and the country people indifferent to the fruit much of it spoils for want of gathering ...

... summer’s eve, to watch the birds flitting low from hedge to hedge ere they settle for the night: and,in autumn, no where do blackberries grow in such luscious profusion as in this sequestered spot. : At the foot of the Common is an old world cottage in an ...

... of the cotton grass sway in the breeze and beautiful blue green and red dragon-flies sport themselves. Honeysuckle and blackberries are in flower in the hedgerows, and the bank below is blue with the little round heads of the devil’s bit scabius. Amongst ...

... red admirals” and a brood of ““ tortoiseshells.’ Leaving the road we turned into a field where the hedge was nut trees and blackberry bushes. The next field was covered with gorse bushes and hare bells, which to my mind was a strange combination, the gorse ...

... trifle for fuel, the cost of the jelly works out at just over Id. a pound jar. The previous year I made the same amount of blackberry jam and jelly at the same cost. When fruit has to be bought the cost is slightly increased, but is still less than that ...

... Rapid Recruiting in Coventry. Photos by Mr. H. S. Batt. September 11th, 18] to go and gather a few blackberries o then that you could see them beir’]gn]‘(i 1t we over. : Docky A COURAGEOUS OFFICER. “Our officers were going down like niney; and they were ...

... Front. While on a counlry ramble on Saturday two Atherstone boys—brothers—ate deadly nightshade berries in mistake for blackberries. One died and the other is in a serious condition, T ,fi’/& A//’é,’ . o g y,f«-,zzl.rfiai‘:’i*'*'s:’&':4% : ~;,/’;/fi“/’ ...

... A Contrast of War—From Bombs te Blackberries. s & T, ¥ s - Re R s e - Rl i, oW e W PR eT e A R b 4 O S I AT R G T e IMo s . b o H “&;‘v“gm»»» pon,,. g R g ¢L a . L R & s R e iIS G g oA s e gl & ey gSR e T gre 2 W e TR, Bee % G R e eSsl e See TR v’” G ...

... Wounded warriors gathering blackberries in Warwickshire lanes. A fortnight ago some of the men were fighting in the terrible battle of Loos; to-day they are enjoying the pastoral peacefulness of a Warwickshire viflage. . 3 The handsome new dining room ...

... colder districts. The planting season for the bush fruits and for brambles can be the present. Do not forget a parsley-leaved blackberry, and a Lowberry. * British Queen ” is the show strawberry, but will not succeed everywhere. Try half a dozen plants. ‘‘ ...