The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

Of mum, sit slew/ semi be livoilevii and
Judiciously managed ; but in the present age, when
Ike daughters of the farmers and daiumen are falrly
odoestmi, this management will not b. ,o difficult se
It once would have bees. In the first place, it would
be Deoneary to avian • work (to be pro° ired an
for • shilling) treating of ferns. A very crude
knowledge of their elamificati,a, habits, sad growth,
with the localities tv which the valuable ferns are
indigenous, would be sufildent, and this knowledge
can be obtained within • few weeks. Dozens of
London deaient would rejoice to give • fair price for
oonsignmente fresh from the hedge sod the heath, and
with the cab would oome order. for fresh saiplia..
Alt 'gather the work would prove most interesting to
them young ladies, and would probably ley the Lon lo-
tion t • study of botany—a favourite science with the
gentler me.

The majority of specimens are in all their graoefol
luxuriance in the winter, n,yerthelem now, or a Litle
earlier, i., the period for the market. If country ladies
en .rally w.uld take up thin employment for their
spare time they wool I di mink 1. Is demag• t the
appear-nos and reputation of their hedgerows and
woodland. than do them annual visitors front London,
who ruthlessly tear up all the young tender plants by
the r•ot, leaelog than to decay, in their excitement to
procure the larger and more hardy plants. This destrue•
We is carried on to such ao alarming extent that If
not stayed, this total demolition of our native beauties
most shortly be acoomplt.he I. On the yit
would be in the intei este of local agents to so husband
the young plants am to wooers%) a stock always in
hand, to be taken up and packe I at an hour'. notice.
The bands of the Loudon emisseds. have joh4 dace
been stayed in inia,y of the midland coundes, and
they now come down to us, and rob with impunity.

Not many weeks ago, ritivin,g thrr.n.:h the districts
o Whitehorch sod Marshero .3, I was surprised to
sobs the wealth of ferns in these I b diciest. Within an
area of at more than two square miles I noted (P.m
ten to 111•1•• distinct species, saleable kinds, *acts kin I
appearing in immense numbers. I made, rough calcu-
lation that out of ouch an abut,dant cr p at I. est 40
girls could net • clear pr..fi: f 15s. per we. k during
the whole f the fern seaa..4l, which, it sh,n,ld be remem-
bered, extends Over the mai .r p trt t.f the yes-. I tut- t
them few hints witl prove valuable to many if our
country friends, whose daughters w old find a genteel
sad profitable occupation for their leisure hour,

I dent know how the R.H.A. manage when they
gel • billet in towns having • narrower limit of
than Bridport, but the road in East street, wider than
that of any town of itesise in the West, wet evideutly
cot spliae enough the other day for their heavy wit.,
which they rll.l up in the pavement iu front ot the
Wilts and Dorset Beak, obopoing it up like mini.-
meal. I heard the subject disonseed in the l'ar in.
mastery Chamber the other night, when we were
itifoimed that the War Office had been acquainted
with the matter. Whether the Bittery fr.iin Dor-
chester will have to be annihilated for their atupidity
I ku w not, but this I know, that if the L Bo ird
be not WOO in • position to order their surveyor to
the spot, am* damaged individual will come on the
Board for •• rep dee." Only the other night • nice old
gentleman WY tripping over the hill and vale of the
broken Keintain stone, when he found himself Investi-
gating th inside of his beaver, the t pof which was
Irretrievably crushed beneadi the weight of It. owner's
fact The old gent got up, and, finding hie promment
feature bruised. he offered snobs beautiful and touching
prayer bribe Local Board. On the m • ning following,
toe presence of mind of a ware averted what might
have ben • fearful cdami at the spot. Wheeli.ir •
peratnbulat T over the a lr ginene, the vehicle
soddeuiy tilted over, and the nurse wan fortuuee
isoom;h to catch the 'creaming come la—chubby
tel a—from rolling over on their inexperienced but
devote I beads. Local Board I Please look to the
Eastatrait paving, if only for the sake of the babies.
Were getting quite lively Mr. 4. Mr. Edit ! What do you
think ~f this? "A Lawn Teunis Ciub for Bridport."
I really fancy that since the Harbour Extension
Scheme we're bonlng op. I hear that several •• play.
fui" young ladies we enraged inan4nrating the club,
an I are waiting on ail the el gible young men with •
view to join them. " I.4itite delighted, I'm sure," is
the response on all sides, so ribi,rtly I hope to have to
chrinicie the fir,it game. A lady hai informs i we
that vie griund .elected for use of the club is in the
Mune bate viciul y of the Mayor's eubue ban residence.
Well ! go..d luck t the club, and I h 'pa hie Winship
will gratify the members by his periodical presence.