140 SEA-WEEDS. 



adhere to it. The paper should then be taken 

 gently from the dish, and held up that the water 



may drain off. The sea-weed, on its paper, should 

 next be laid between two or three folds of linen 

 or blotting paper, and this plant, as well as the de- 

 licate red and green sea- weeds generally, will by 

 its glutinous nature, adhere to the paper, though 

 there are some which must be attached by means 

 of gum. The coarse olive sea-weeds need only to 

 be well washed in fresh water, and dried between 

 pieces of cloth or blotting paper. If this Delesseria 

 is well pressed, it will lie so closely on the paper 

 that its elegant transparent wavy leaves resemble 

 a most beautiful painting. Turner justly remarks 

 of this species, that in the elegance of its appearance, 



