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FRUCTmCATION OF SEA- WEEDS. ' 



" Dices * * * quod temporis et studii in earn impeudendi jacturam com- 

 penset ? Respondeo, Voluptas ilia et delectatio innocens et honesta quae ex 

 operuoi Dei contemplatione oritur." — Baius. 



" Thy desire which tends to know 

 The works of God, thereby to glorify 

 The great Work-master, leads to no excess 

 That reaches blame, but rather merits praise, 

 The more it seems excess j * * * 

 For wonderful, indeed, are all his works. 

 Pleasant to know, and worthiest to be aU 

 Had in remembrance always with delight." — Milton. 



When Dr. Patrick Neill wrote his excellent article on Fuel 

 about twenty years ago, he said that till within these few years 

 the fructification of the Fuci was little known, and even yet 

 it is not by any means understood. Since that period, how- 

 ever, very great progress has been made in this department. 

 The importance of the fruit in determining the genus or 

 species to which a plant belongs, is now fully acknowledged, 

 and our most distinguished Algologists, aided by vastly 

 improved microscopes, having prosecuted their researches 



