Seaweed and its Uses. 



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tute for size and in brewing. It possesses nutritive, emol- 

 lient, and demulcent properties, and may be employed in 

 the form of a decoction or jelly in pulmonary complaints 

 and other cases. Bandoline or fixature, for stiffening the 

 hair and other purposes, is commonly prepared from 

 carrageen. The market supply for England is obtained 

 from Clare and the west coast of Ireland. It used to be 

 sent to the United States, where it is kept on sale by 



FIG. 25. 



Ulva latissima (green sloke). 2. Chondrus crispus (carrageen moss). 



most druggists. But it was soon found growing in im- 

 measurable abundance along the whole Atlantic coast, 

 from Nova Scotia to Long Island. 



Comparatively few are aware of its wide and varied 

 use in the arts, or of the thousands of barrels of it 

 employed annually by manufacturers of paper, cloth, felt 

 and straw hats, etc., and by brewers. Carrageen is to be 

 found more or less abundantly all along the North Atlantic 



