SEAWEEDS 



SEA FLOWERS 



WHAT a contrast to the giant seaweeds are some of 

 the delicate little plants found along our coasts. The 

 soft, silky tufts of the cal-li-tham'-ni-on are of cobweb 

 fineness. Their brilliant red color with the darker dots 

 along the branches make them look like flowers. 



"O call us not weeds, but flowers of the sea, 

 For lovely and bright and gay tinted are we; 

 Our blush is as deep as the rose of the bowers, 

 Then call us not weeds; we are Ocean's gay flowers. n 



The feather weed is another delicate red sea plant. 

 This grows under the rockweed or fucus on the sides 



of the cliff near low-water 

 mark. It is often found 

 in summer and fall among 

 masses of seaweed left by 

 the waves. The fruit ves- 

 sels grow at the tips of 

 the feathery branchlets. 



The grasslike seaweed 

 which you see on this 

 page is of a bright-green 

 color. It is common 

 everywhere. The fronds 

 are fine, hair-like tubes, 



Callathamium. (A Beautiful Red 

 with Darker Dots along the 

 Branches.) 



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