THE 



MARINE BOTANIST; 



AN 



INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY 



OF THE 



BRITISH SEA-WEEDS; 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES, AND THE 

 BEST METHOD OF PRESERVING THEM. 



BY 



ISABELLA GIFFORD. 



GHEATLY IMPROVED AND ENLARGED, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 

 PRINTED IN OIL COLOURS BY 



W. DICKES. 



BRIGHTON: 



B. FOLTHORP, 170 NORTH-STREET; 



LONGMAN AND CO., LONDON. 



1853. 



