38 SEA MOSSES. 



good as one, in searching the books, and identifying 



Uie plants. 



1 venture to prcilin, that you will find the doings 

 of the "Sea Moss Club" an extremely plea.vinl diver- 

 sion, both socially and intellectually. You will find, as 

 a result, tlut every memlxrr will l)C awake nc«l to a 

 stiring, tlirifiy new interest in Nature's things, and 

 has acquired at once a keen apinrtite for the charms 

 of her more rare and delicate lundiwork, and a new 

 (acuity for seeing and observing her wonderous ways. 



• Nstuf« Hath long* of ausk <kcp. »nA colon im bnghl. 

 And munnurt full t4 cAtr>r%i iru* > 



Tw **»J, • The bc*ft th*t ifua« . «!.' 



But neck and \trm \f thou matt br. Bod doctk a* • child 



And I sh.ill venture also to believe that, when you 



•* Fold jwit irott Ilk* the Araha, 

 A»d m ukstljr »tr^ ^vajr " 



from the sound of the surf, and the sight of the 

 j>ea, to take up your toils again, in the hub-bub and 

 confusion of this work-a-<lay world, you will be very 

 sure to keep up the pleasant memories of the "Club," 

 and perhaps also its form, by corrc-spondcnce, and 

 further study and exchange of plants. And, 'S, 



you will hear of other Clubs, formed and wc at 



other points of the coast, and you will enter into 

 correspondence and exchange with them also. 



