A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL, ATTENDED BY A SOLDIER, 
COLLECTING ALG ON THE SHORES OF THE 
NORTH PACIFIC. 
Tue annexed plate is taken from the frontispiece of the magnificent folio volume 
by Messrs. Ruprecht and Postels, on the Algze of the North Pacific. This work, in 
which even the largest of the marine plants of that region are represented of their 
natural size, was published at the expense of the Russian Government, and copies 
were presented to some of the principal libraries of Europe. 
In the middle distance, a Russian official belonging to one of the settlements 
is seen gathering alge, attended by a soldier, 
In the front of the picture the water is supposed to be so clear as to show dis- 
tinctly the growth of sea-weeds of various kinds, which clothe the submarine 
rocks in that region. Some species of these have been added to the number 
shown in the original composition. 
In the centre, with the light fully upon them, are streaming plants of a gigantie 
Alaria, whose fronds sometimes extend to a length of 40 feet. Immediately beneath 
it, to the right, is the curiously perforated Agariwm Gmelini, the singular perfora- 
tions of which are indicated by small white patches. 
To the right is the curious “ flower-bearing” sea-weed known as the Sea Rose, 
Constantinea Rosa marina, the flower-like growth of which, combined with the 
pink colour of its seeming flowers, is very remarkable. 
In front, and rather to the right of the last, is a dark mass of the splendid 
Tridea Mertensiana, the dark velvety masses of which, of a deep crimson colour, 
are often more than a foot across, 
To the right of the last, in the corner, is one of the most beautiful of the ulve, 
Ulva fenestrata, a name which may be popularised as the “ windowed” ulva, in 
allusion to its extremely perforated character, the openings being of considerable 
size, and often separated from each other only by the slenderest divisions, thus 
forming a kind of vegetable lace-work. 
