TWO FAIRY SI'DXCES 



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/^ These two fair}' 

 sponges are familiar 

 to us all, at least to 

 those of us who dwell for 

 even a small part of the 

 year in the country, and 

 use our eyes. Indeed, 

 we need go no farther 

 than our city parks, or 

 even our " back - yard " 

 gardens, to find at least 

 one of them, for the 



sweetbricr is rarely neg- 

 lected by this 

 particular fairy. 

 So many spec- 

 imens of both of 

 these sponges 

 have been sent to 

 me by " Round 

 Table" corre- 

 spondents and 

 others that I 

 have begun to 

 " :' wonder how 



^'^^^y many of those 

 "^^ other young 



people who have seen them and kept silence have 

 wondered at their secret. 



