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photograph the animals. It may be chronicled that 

 a new and valuable ally to science and education has 

 been established in California in the boat with a glass 

 bottom, through which naturalist or layman can observe 

 animals in their habitat and note their habits uncon- 

 strained. 



The real charm of this voyage beneath the sea lies 

 in the wealth of submarine verdure, sea weeds; for 

 here are the true forests of the sea, glades, and replicas 

 of aU the forest scenes of the land, awaiting the hand 

 of some Breuer or Keith. 



Here one is truly in the gardens of the sea, and on 

 every hand are sea plants in many colors, shapes, and 

 sizes. Here may be seen feather boa kelp {Egregia 

 Icevigata), giant kelp balls (Nereocystis lutkeana), iodine 

 kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), lace moss {Dasya subse- 

 cunda), fur moss (Ectocarpus), sea oak (Cystoseira) , 

 Irish moss {Chondriis crispus), coral moss {Amphiroa), 

 chenille moss {C odium tomentosum), sea lettuce {Ulva 

 lactuca), puff ball {Colpomenia sinuosa), sea grass 

 {Enter omorpha), brown fan (Zonaria tournejortii) , gulf 

 weed (Sargassum), sea oak {Halidrys osmundacece) , 

 thorny kelp (Gigartina), cactus moss {Halimeda 

 tuna), jelly weed (Laurensia), sea endive (Haliseris), 

 (Nitophyllum) , yellow rockweed (Pelvetia fastigzata), 

 scarlet lace (Plocamuim coccineum), brown leaf {Phyl- 

 listis), green rockweed {Fucus harveyanus, Gelidium, 

 and PolysipJwnia) , eel grass {Phyllospadea), coral 

 moss {Corallina), three species, worm grass (Scytosi- 

 phon lomentarius, Ricardia, Gelidium, Polysiphonia 

 baileyi, Dictyota dichotoma), and about twenty more, 

 identified by Miss Frances Lauderbach of Avalon, 

 and Miss Florence Williams. 



