THE SWEEP-NET HARVEST 



July 2ist 



Y butterfly- net and pocket magnify- 

 ing -glass are rare companions for 

 a walk in the country. I have often 

 had occasion to recommend these 

 simple means of quiet entertainment on a sultry Au- 

 gust day beneath the trees, and I would not let my 

 summer calendar pass without again calling attention 

 to the sprightly instructive harvest which our sweep- 

 net may bring us. 



What a revealer of the teeming life that peoples the 

 grasses ! One or two trips across this open sunny spot, 

 with such a light sweep-net skimming the grass- tips 

 and herbage, will bring in under your shady tree or 



