134 SEA- WEEDS. 



for sale, and this elegant plant is generally selected 

 to ornament the picture. Dr. Johnson says, that 

 fancy work with this sea-weed was once a favourite 

 amusement with the princesses, the daughters of 

 George III. 



Scarcely less common than the hair flag is that 

 very different looking sea-weed, the Dulse, or 

 Palmated Rhodomenia (Rhodomenia palmata) ; and 



this, which so often bestrews the sands and beaches 

 of our British islands, is consumed in various 

 ways, both in the countries at the North of Eu- 

 rope and in the Greek Archipelago, as well as on 

 the Scottish and Irish coasts. Few of those who 

 pick up the plant from our English shores to 

 examine it, are aware how useful it is to others. 

 In September and October, and indeed throughout 

 the winter months, it may be found in abundance, 

 growing either on the rocks or on larger sea-weeds. 



