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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- /'ji^ 



in a fortnight after gathering, per- 

 haps, we find olir 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, 

 explai«ing 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 



w '^ ^ \^ 



Uiy 



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