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being. For this singular mimic fruit which has 

 sprung at the behest of tlie gall-fly, Hke other 

 fruits, has its seeds — seeds which are animated 

 with peculiar life, and which sprout in 

 a way we would hardl)' expect. With- 

 in a fortnight after gathering, per- 

 haps, \\e tind our box j 

 tin}', black flies, \\hile if we 

 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 fe\v weeks since, and all 

 bent on the same mischief 

 when A'ou jhall let them h.iose 

 at the window. 



7die beautiful spunge of the 

 sweet -brier has been called 

 into bemg by exactl)' smii- 

 lar means, and its 

 Inard, wood\- centre j^-'^^''^!^*':^, ':''•: i 



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