EYE SPY 
being. For this singular mimic fruit which has 
sprung at the behest of the gall - fly, like other 
fruits, has its seeds seeds which are animated 
with peculiar life, and which sprout in 
a way we would hardly expect. With- 
in a fortnight after gathering, per- 
haps, we find our box swarming with 
tiny, black flies, while if we dissect 
the sponge we find its long- 
beaked seeds entirely empty, 
and each with a clean round 
hole gnawed through its shell, 
explaining this host of gall- 
flies, all similar to the parent 
of a few weeks since, and all 
bent on the same mischief 
when you shall let them loose 
at the window. 
The beautiful sponge of the 
sweet-brier has been called 
into being by exactly simi- 
lar means, and its 
hard, woody centre 
is packed full of 

