I will boil some cranberries with sugar, that
you may taste them; for they are very wholesome."
Lady Mary said she should like to have some in her own garden.
"The cranberry requires a particular kind of soil, not usually found in
gardens, my dear lady, for as the cranberry marshes are often covered with
water in the spring, I suppose they need a damp, cool soil, near lakes or
rivers, perhaps sand, too, may be good for them. But we can plant some
berries, and water them well, in a light soil they may grow, and bear
fruit, but I am not sure that they will do so. Besides these fruits, there
are many others, that are little used by man, but are of great service as
food to the birds and small animals. There are many kinds of nuts, too--
filberts, with rough prickly husks, walnuts, butternuts, and hickory nuts,
these last are large trees, the nuts of which are very nice to eat, and
the wood very fine for cabinet work, and for fire wood, the bark is used
for dyeing. Now, my dear, I think you must be quite tired with hearing so
much about Canadian fruits."
Lady Mary said she was glad to learn that there were so many good things
in Canada, for she heard a lady say to her mamma that it was an ugly
country, with nothing good or pretty in it.
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