"To the bi-monthly exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society the Marquis of SALISBURY sent a magnificent collection—of strawberries especially. Mr. W.H. SMITH showed specimens of the same luscious fruit, for which he received the thanks of the Society."—Daily Telegraph.
Head-Gardener SM-TH soliloquiseth:—
OHO! my beauty! If you don't get a fust prize, and "receive the thanks of the Society" I'm a cowcumber! "The Fruits of Early Industry and Economy." Title of a picture by that splendid sample of the industrious and the economical, GEORGE MORLAND, I believe. Yes, that's it. My Industry and G-SCH-N's Economy.
We are a moral family;
We are, we are, we are!
All the cardinal virtues bound in—ahem! no matter.
Talk of the Gigantic Gooseberry! What is that apocryphal monstrosity compared with this Brobdingnagian Berry? [Sings.
Bravo, my "British Queen"!
Long live my "British Queen"!
Brave "British Queen"!