%i S£A MOSSES, 



and most graceful things that grow. When you have 

 put the lost finishing touches upon ihc ; " 



process, and your " Sea Moss " is adjusted ujxin your 

 paper so as to Ih! " a thing of beauty, and a joy 

 forever;" then you want to by the paj-^r nnon some 

 inrlinctl surface, any smooth Ixiani will . , to drain 

 away the suix^rtluous water. 'nicn< c it is to l*c trans- 

 ferretl, in a few moments, to the press, for dr>'ing. 



This is made in the following mann< 

 down one of the al>ove descril>ed sheets of I 

 pai>er, IwUinist's *' dr)ing i«i>cr," or boards of 

 covered deal, you lay your jjaper with the plant on 

 it ujx)n this, the plant up. Cover the boanl or dr)i; ^^ 

 pa|>er all over with "floated" ^^ .mens in the same 

 way. Over all. and lying directly upon •' pbnts, 

 spread your piece of muslin, t'lion this, put another 

 sheet of the pafKrr, or board, and ujwn this again, 

 a layer of plants, then a piece of the muslin, more 

 pafMrr, plants, muslin, and so on till you have d 

 of all of your collection, or so much of it as you < 

 to mount. Upon the last byer of pbnU put a t 

 sheet of paper, and over all, a stout board, as I. .. 

 as the drying paper. Upon this by some heavy 

 weights — stones will be as handy as anything at the 

 sea-side. I should put on, I think, about fifty jwunds 

 of them if I were using botanist's drying pai>er, 



