14 SEA A/OSSES. 



to l)C found in the early spring months. iliis i* 

 tnic of many other plants. You will Ix- «i, 



also, to sec what (juanliiics of things you ran fiml as 

 btc as Novcml)cr and I)ctcml»cr. Inciccd, if you arc 

 to know these plants thoroughly, you must collect 

 them at all seasons of the year. 'l*hen you will know 

 when they come, and when they go, anti when they 

 are in their greatest j>erfection. 'Iliose living and col- 

 le<ting on the I*acific coast, are not fenced away by 

 an i« y wall, as we are on our shores, during two or 

 three months of our hard, inclement winters. So 

 they can collect the year around. I>r. Anderson 

 assures me that most of the pUnts growing there 

 may Ik* ftmnd at all seasons, though of course most of 

 them are more tieautiful, n*^-^ "^ fM.,r,- luxuriant growth, 

 during the simimer tlun -. i-ic winter months. 



In general, there are three pniu i|ul pbces for col- 

 lecting ''Sea Mosses" by the shore. 



First, from the m.^ * mat- hich the sea 



lhroi*-s up ujx)n the beaches, and leaves liehind it 

 when the ti<le goes out. '1 11 be your main re- 



source, for getting the pkmts that grow in deep water. 

 By nuny causes they will be loosened from their 

 holditjjrs in '^ • depths, and will then fl«'it up to the 



surface, and iiuu^in f ** -V v —' •• •'! be ..»..; on shore. 



By carefully turning over mcsc nu:>ses, which will be 



