j;,. SEA AfoSSES. 



to that region, whirh is much ri<iier in species, than 

 our own. I^ui. I have ukcn those plants, whiih I 

 judgctl to Ik* the most common, and cliaractenstic, 

 ami most wiikly (lisiribulotl, ami such as I knew to 

 be most strikmgly U-auiiful, or interesting. In respect 

 lo i>articuUr pbces, there arc many of them on our 

 eastern ctxist, where the flora iii rich ami fmc, and 

 where thousands of |>eople are in the habit of going 

 c\ery year. Nothing could l)C more favorable, as 

 pbces for fimling ami collecting splendid **Sea V 

 in great numlwrs, and many varieties, than sut h 

 localities as Mount Desert, the Maine ami New Hamp- 

 shire U-achc^, Mes of Shoals, d\ic Ann from Annis- 

 squam clear around to Mjgn<»lia. Marblehea i, 



Nanlasket. Newi>ort, Marthas Vineyard, and Wooil's 

 Holl. Orient Point, and the shore al Coney Isbjid an<l 

 southwanl, as far as Fort ilanniton. 



ClASSinCATlON. 



Algx are classified by V»ounisls, on the basis of 

 their meiho<l of reproduction. In a jjopubr work of 

 this kind I have not thought it desirable to enter into 

 the details of this matter, because these organs can 

 be studied only by the aid of a microscope; and, 

 as I have said, I am writing for those who do not use 

 that instrument, and I hope to lie able to so describe 



