SEAWEEDS 



SEA FJ.OWEKS 



What a contrast to the giant seaweeds are some of 

 the dehcate Httle plants found along our coasts. The 

 soft, silky tufts of the cal-li-tham'-ni-on are of cobweb 

 fineness. Their brilUant red color with* the darker dots 

 along the branches make them look like flowers. 



'^O call us not weeds, but flowers of the sea, 

 For lovely and bright and gay tinted are we; 

 Our blush is as deep as the rose of the bowers, 

 Then call us not weeds; we are Ocean's gay flowers." 



The feather weed is another delicate red sea plant. 

 This grows under the rockweed or fucus on the sides 



of the cliff near low-water 

 mark. It is often found 

 in summer and fall among 

 masses of seaweed left by 

 the waves. The fruit ves- 

 sels grow at the tips of 

 the feather}^ branchlets. 



The grasslike seaweed 

 which you see on the next 

 page is of a l^right-green 

 color. It is common 

 ever}' where. The fronds 

 are fine, hair-like tubes, 



Callithaniiiion. 

 with Darker 

 Branches.) 



(A Beaiiliful Itcd 

 Dots alonjr the 



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