384 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
is a convenient size); then, when the weed is nicely expanded, 
and the dirt washed from it, place under it the piece of 
paper; and, when arranged as required, raise them both out 
of the water; then drain off the wet, and place them 
between two dry sheets of common paper, subjecting them 
to a slight pressure. The Sea-weed will generally adhere 
to the paper, causing no further trouble, and the specimens 
may be arranged in a book of blank leaves, the name bemg 
procured, if possible. or this purpose I recommend the 
Rev. D. Landsborough’s Popular History of British Sea- 
weeds, a very pretty and useful little work. 
I have thus brought to a conclusion this brief summary 
of a most interesting study, and when my readers have 
fully mastered the contents of this volume, I feel convinced 
they will not rest satisfied, but eagerly desire to gain more 
knowledge on the subject ; for which information it will be 
necessary to consult those more learned and elaborate works, 
which the insight they have now acquired will enable them 
to understand and appreciate; and if this little book assists 
in cultivating a taste for a rational, innocent, and ennobling 
pursuit, its purpose is completely answered, and the ambi- 
tion of the author fully gratified. 
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