A REAL SOUND BEACH 



173 



will be the wonderful beach and the 

 prolific source of supplies for a labora- 

 tory of marine biology. We are told 

 that the marine fauna and flora of this 

 coast are even better than those of the 

 Long- Island shore, where a well-known 

 and well established biological labora- 

 tory is situated. For residences we 

 have a beach second to none in the 

 world- Year after year our houses art 

 well rented and new ones are constant- 

 ly in process of construction. Opposite 

 ArcAdiA, across the road, several at- 

 tractive houses have been erected with- 

 in a short time, and the growth has 

 been practically the same in many other 

 parts of this advancing summer resort 

 But Sound Beach should become and 

 rapidly is becoming a place for perman- 

 ent residence. To any one contemplat- 

 ing moving to this vicinity, we wil 1 

 g-ladly give the addresses of local rea' 

 estate agents who will attend to thr 

 supplying of whatever may be needed. 



Sound Beach on Long Island Sound 



My summer home shall be ; 

 Or, better far, all the year around, 



And that sounds good to me. 



Potato Seed Balls in Connecticut. 



After a search in cooperation with 

 several naturalists and farmers, and af- 

 ter liberal notices in the newspapers of 

 the state for about twenty years, five 

 small potato fruiting balls have been 

 reported by Judge H. Stanley Finch of 

 Stamford. We believe these to be the 

 first that have been found in Connecti- 

 cut. They are the first to be reported. 



Contrary to general popular opinion, 

 no one has ever taught that potato 

 balls are entirely extinct. In some parts 

 of the United States they are still found 

 in fair quantities, but these are the first 

 reported from Connecticut for nearly a 

 cpiarter of a century. From several 

 states, Connecticut taking the lead, 

 potato balls have practically disappear- 

 ed, the potato seeming to have 

 learned that they are not necessary for 

 the plant's welfare. 



I seem to feel a personal pride in the 

 magazine, and a desire to have all the 

 world of children — young and old — 

 know it and care for it the way I do. 

 The cover for September is charming. 

 — Mrs. S- O. Edmonds, Sound Beach, 

 Connecticut. 



IT'S A REAL SOUND BEACH. 



