Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . verybody is off tothe beach, regardless of beetles or butterflies, andthither we follow. Here, there, and everywhere lies the Sea Wrack,which we have figured and described in a formervolume (Science-Gossip, 1S66, page 204). Mostcommon is the Serrated Wrack, and scarcely less sothe Black Tang, or Bladder Wrack. Of other sea-weeds, the long furbelows of Laminaria saccharinaare extremely common, and at every few steps afragment or two of Carrageen (Chondrus crispus), orIrish Moss (fig.
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . verybody is off tothe beach, regardless of beetles or butterflies, andthither we follow. Here, there, and everywhere lies the Sea Wrack,which we have figured and described in a formervolume (Science-Gossip, 1S66, page 204). Mostcommon is the Serrated Wrack, and scarcely less sothe Black Tang, or Bladder Wrack. Of other sea-weeds, the long furbelows of Laminaria saccharinaare extremely common, and at every few steps afragment or two of Carrageen (Chondrus crispus), orIrish Moss (fig. 207), as it is sometimes called. Itis one of the most useful of seaweeds, and whencarefully washed to remove the salt-water, may byboiling be made into a very palatable article offood. Seaweeds are much used as food by theChinese and Japanese, especially the Agar-agar ofthe Malays, a species not found on our coasts. L 218 HABDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. [Oct. 1, 1SG7. { , The rocks left uncovered at low water are greenwith two species, either of which is suitable for amarine aquarium. The narrow kind is Entero-.
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