I. :.- . 



4 si:a mosses. 



In Ibis little l)ook I shall -••—"♦ '- make yw 

 a.^iiiointcil, with wlul I have, ihct ,...> >. fouml 



to l>c as interesting as they are Uautiful. i umlerukc 

 the work o'h amor^. I rememUr ho^" '• 1 



needed some convenient and eonii>eteir a, wlicn 



first I wanted to enter this ficl.! of knov. . and 



.!,'; ht. and a-sketl in vain ft.r it. 1 have many I 

 >..... often go down hy the hree/y ma: ; old 



Ocean. With this Inwk I want to mnk 

 ,|iinted with some delii;htful friends of ^^^^n ^vill 



U- there Ufore them. 1 have si>cnl u. ' 

 rare pleastire in collecting. mountinK. ai. 

 i!k>c simpler fonn^ of Nature's handiwork. 1 

 desire to share this delight with the multitude of in- 

 telligent iKople who s|>eml weeks am! months by 

 sea side, yearly, and the not leNs intelligent mu' 

 who make their honu- wirh.n ^o:nd of its v^kcs. 



l-hc work » w- ^"'» n«^ 



for advanced sludeni:* ana >, , .;nment 



of Cnpiogamic litany. 1 am aiujiiiuu^ lui my book, 

 that it' may l>c just a ** Port ind at the gate of 



wondrou ihe sea and oi>cn for those 



,,.h^ ^ome anil knock, lliere wa^ lo do 



V day. so I had to ** climb ui r 



.ere indeed the Uiree |»onderous cjuartos 

 lane), au.i two or ihrce lilUe manuals of 1 „ 





