270 SEA MOSSES, 



end of the remotest <livisions. Kxcept on the nviiii 

 stem these phimes arc searrely clisremil)! <-ly 



to tlic nake<l eye. Hut under a |hk ket lens ihey arc- 

 easily seen, and it is these which rivi- fh'- plant its 

 delicate, feathery ap|x.Mrancc. 'V\\\^ ,^ .* .somewhat 

 rare plant, thoii^'h it is refwrted along the whole 

 California coast, ^niwing at all seasons. u|)on other 

 Al^^a:, in jk>o1s or l>elow tide. h is 

 worth a long and laliorious search,! me's lunds 



with the fromLs of this w*onderful liltl ly. 



'ITius ends our brief, and as it »ccms to mc, 

 altogether inaile<|iute survey, of the ** Sea Mosses," 

 of our two far-parte<l shores. I may '- j>ermitted 

 to hofK, perha|>s, that oxn the imfHrrfe* i .ii juainiancc 

 which this little l>ook shall give its readers, with these 

 lower forms of (Kean iJfe, may te.ich, at least, the one 

 lesson of jutiencc and trust low.-m!s (kxl, which the 

 Poet learned from them, long years ago. 



SEA WEKD. 



Kof aHray« uninipoiWd can I pray. 



Nor, |4iyins •atot, ihioc ioterceMioo daim: 



Too clr^rly C<of» ihe bunka <>C iHe day, 



And all the mini at»d ani*c thai 1 pay 



Bai ■wetla ny debt and d ec pc<a my adPbUiiic. 



