... both to horticulture and stock-growing. Adjacent to this place is the famous blackberry farm of Trubody's, which we had not time to visit,. but where the growth of blackberries upon a rich piece of lowla n thoroughly underdrained with tile, has brought ...

... stood twitnre bar. (7b be continued.) HOUSEHOLD HINTS. FRUIT SHORTCAKE.—Huckleberries are much liked; in this country blackberries or mulberries could be used in their stead, and nothing could be more delicious than Raspberry or Strawberry Shortcake ...

... Reweuham and a lady friend went out for a drive in a dog-cart. Near Warren Row Mrs. Whitelaw got out of the cart to gather blackberries, and the horse was allowed to graze quietly by the roadside. in stooping to get a better bite the horse shook its blinkers ...

... scene. Very beautiful are the golden browns of the nuts and bushes. Take a stroll to Cockpole Common, where the luscious blackberry thrives, and observe the contrast to the beautiful red of the leaves, the lowly creeper of the woods, and the magnificent ...

... September morning, when the still green fields were all glittering with dew, and bright webs of silver gossamer sparkled on the blackberry bushes, an acorn and a mushroom found themselves side by side. Toe mushroom was tall and freshlooking, and thought a deal ...

... with the ground colour of the dress it is worn with. For rustic hats, bramble leaves, mixed with flowers and ripening blackberries, with knots of green velvet, form a suitable trimming. Bonnets are decreasing in size, and worn flatter on the head, and ...

... strain and bottle. Lemon syrup may be made in the same way, and these will be found superior to extracts for flavouring.—Blackberry cordial: Warm and squeeze the berries; add to each pint of juice one pound of white sugar, one-half ounce of powdered cinnamon ...

... if at home • but he has sailed. There are the woods and roelsyhills. Yes, said Master Peasegood ; and plenty of blackberries, and hips and haws, and cold nightdews, and damp ferns. Bah, man, we can't live like hermits here in this Christian land ...

... ripe, and picked when quite dry. Put them into an earthenware*, and cover them with boiling water. Some people mash the blackberries down, and others leave the jar in a cool oven all night. Strain through sieve into a jar or cask, and let it ferment for ...

... Evict rose, it is said, has its thorn, bat anyone who has ever gone into the country to pick them will swear that every blackberry has its fifty or a hundred. MODERN finance seems to consist of doing badmess with other (folks' money, and in such a way ...

... whispered one matron, who lei brought a child in arms to see the show, and do kept handing her little one clusters of the mat blackberries that grew eoplentifully upon banks, because if she do I shouldn't like to Soy and hear her cry aloud. `Nay, said another ...

... faithful rough head ; I'm east out on the world like )ourself. She looked round the fields and found some half-riue blackberries, but they . were feeble nourishment indeed for her vigorous young appetite. A further search brought her to a patch of ...