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Genui.-- C//0\n A' (/S* J.-rn. 



ClIONDRUS CRlSPl'S,t LVN*;!!. 



This is the f.imous " Irish Moss " of rommcrcc. 

 It is rollcric<i in Urge quanlilios on our casicni 

 coast, cxi)oscd to the sun to dry and l)lcat h, and 

 then sold to the grocer for his customers to n 

 ^/«j«<- manage of. It grows very common u|)on the 

 rocks Ixrtwccn tides, and a htllc below, and is n^ 

 variable a i»lint as it is common. It is so well 

 known in the ICasl that it hardly need a 5|K-tial de 

 5cri|)lion, For others, I may, perhaps, vcnlurc •> ^j) 

 pond a brief account 



The fronds are from three to six in< hes li 

 thick, tough and leathery. At fint, it is a fljitti 1 

 stem ; this, at the height of an inch or more, w n 

 it is from one-eighth to one-half an inch bru.i.i, 

 forks witlcly. 'Iliencc, at varying distances, the part. 

 divide and sub-divide, in the same way five or six 

 times. The frond cxhibiu all the possible variations 

 between the long and narrow, and the short and 

 #ndc, and all shades of color, Utwecn an olive green 

 jid a very dark purple, or jet black. 



The purple and other dark shades arc apt to be 



• CHoAdnn ^ CulILig*. 

 t Chapo* ^ Cuf led. 



