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Note. To collect and lay out Sea Weeds requires very little trouble. 

 When gathered they may be dried in the sun and put in a bag till a 

 more convenient time for spreading them out; when this is to be done, 

 wash them well in fresh water, to take out the sand and salt, then of 

 those which are delicate put one at a time into a plate or basin full of 

 water, and there let it spread itself out. Now slip underneath it a piece 

 of white paper, lifting this up very carefully without disturbing the 

 floating plant, it will settle evenly upon the paper, and thus putting these 

 together into a book they will soon become dry. Some of them will 

 adhere to the paper, if so, and they are wanted for specimens they must 

 not be torn away, because some of the Sea Weeds are known from others 

 by their adhering to paper or glass, while those similar to them do not. 



FUNGUSSES. FUNGI. 



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1. Agaricus atramentarius, Inky Toadstool." 17 2. Agaricus campestris, 

 Common Mushroom. 3. Boletus luridus, Lurid Boletus. 4 Polyporus 

 sulphureus, Yellow Polyporus. 5. Lycoperdon verrucosum, Warty Puff- 

 ball. 6. Geastrum fornicatum, four-cleft Puff-ball. 7. Peziza coccinea, 

 Scarlet Peziza. 8. Morellus esculenta, the Eatable Morel. 



The Fungi are supposed to be as numerous as all the Flower- 

 ing Plants together. In Great Britain we have nearly fifteen 

 hundred native Flowering Plants and two thousand Fungi, and 

 these are most varied in form, color, and size. There is the 

 Mushroom and Toad's -tool family, two or three of which are 

 eaten, as the Common Mushroom, (Agaricus campestris,} and 

 the Champignon, (Agaricus oreades.) Most of the rest are 

 poisonous, and all of them are like little, round-topped, one- 

 legged tables. The Agarics are known by having gills, or 

 little partitions across them underneath. Then there is the 

 Boletus family, which have holes underneath instead of gills, 

 one of them is called German tinder. The Pezizas, about one 

 hundred kinds, shaped like cups ; and the Sphcerias, like little 

 round specks, upon sticks, &c. The MOULD ON BREAD is 

 called Mucor mucedo. The PUFF BALL, so common on the 



