. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. TWO FAIRY SPONGES 39 >y These two fairy 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 of them, for the sweetbrier 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 t


. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. TWO FAIRY SPONGES 39 >y These two fairy 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 of them, for the sweetbrier 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 beojun to wonder how '' many of those other young people who have seen them and kept silence have wondered at their "%.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers


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