4 
an f d fertili er for the soil has beer: in vogue 
in the vicinity of the sea In 
of the British Isles, France, Norway, and Denmark, in 
pvc, the beneficial effects of the marine plants as a soil 
unusual t seaweed from 
the shore to be used as a familiar for the land: It is used chiefly 
d finally attach themselves. The seaweed is cut in February 
and March when it is two = old and the stones are then 
In the United States t! ere practice of using seaweeds as a fer- 
tilizer for the soil is especially well established in Rhode Island, 
n which state the Agricultural Experiment Station has issued a 
* Cotton, loc. 153. 
t Loc. cit. 53, 153. pl. 5. f. 2. 
