« S£A MOSSES. 



'Hiosc thai arc not |)crfcrily dry should be put Ku k 

 in the pa*ss with dry papers and cloths for another 

 day's slay. 



\Vhcn the plant is perfectly dry, and removed 

 from the press, you should, before putting it away and 

 forgetting these facts, write on the Iwick of the pai>er 

 the exact cbte an<l pbce of collecting. 



People often ask me what I use to make the plants 

 stick so firmly to the |»a|xrr, supi>osing evidently, that 

 it is necessary to have some kind of gum or n ,;c 

 for that puq)osc. I luvc to answer, that I have for 

 most of them, to iLse nothing whate%*er ; that there is 

 sufficient gebtinous matter in the body of the plant to 

 make it jierfertly adhere to the itafKrr without other 

 aid. Ami the reason for putting the muslin over the 

 ]>lants, in the process of pressing an<l drying, is that 

 they may not stick to the drying juper, which is bid 

 aliove them, the muslin not adhering to the is at 



all, except in some few cases. 



Hut a considcral>lc number of the "Sea Mosses" 

 do not adhere to paper ^■^•■^!. They either have not 

 gebtinous matter enough iu them, or will not give 

 it out to glue their bodies to the paper. Various 

 devices arc resorted to in these cases. Sometimes 

 the plant after being dried in the press in the usual way, 

 is simply stTapi>ed down with slips of gummed jJajHrr. 



