OF v \\ BBI NSWIOK. 



bonate of soda more cheaply from other it , source ttom which iodine is 



isobtamed, however, it might be possible to utilise In luture the enor lucl „i 



'" s ' the Maritime Pro in< 



'Jnarice there seem to 1 , iv ,,„. ,,„.,,„ 



X k - The » BWd ^riety of form and nders the identifi. 



ij matter of some difficulty to the student The most generally diffused I 

 vially m the Gulf of St. Lawrence, » Laminaria fon&ruris. This, wit] 

 siticalupon it, formed the great mass of marine vegetation observed in the long lin< 



M a P ,, - v,h " ™ hem shores of Shippegan and Miscou. 



Ien ^ h Ihis plant, measured from hold-fast toend of blade ■• 



■»* Ih »f another, win. h wasall that could be obtained rrom the mass of debris in 



which it was imbedded, was 16 feet in length. Judging from the large size of this stipe 

 t must have belonged ... a plant fully s altered in endless profusion along 



this shore, and thrown np from the I W ere the beautiful forms of the bright 



' wand ' fustissima, the latter not having been yet observed 



on tlu> southern coast of the provin 



Laminaria*, L. saccharin* and L agitata with the related species 

 to, are found to a much more limited ext 

 *•■ theGuli Lawrence than L. longicruris. The size of the latter among 



the islands at the mouth of the Bay of Pundy was raU ch less than what was observed in 

 ih- unit ol St. Uwrence, and here it was replaced to a great extent by the other 

 Laminarise just mentioned. 



Laminame are valuable as fertilisers, although I am not aware that formers in 

 this province make any ase of them. The stems of Laminaria digitata s^n to be used for 

 a variety ol purposes, amongst others, for the manufacture of sponge-tents 



only sea-plant thai has . commercial value with us is Rhodymenia palmata, ordulse 

 I,unn - the B « 80n II "- «port of this seaweed from the shores of the Bay of Fundy 



•Id, at upwards of LOO tons, of which about 50 tons were recei 

 and m St John. The selling price per lb. is from thre, ents delivered 



«■ • T,,1,!; i,,v -""- from dulse gathered on the Bay ol Fund last « 



in the vicinity of Dm! Barb 

 md Manan rourite grounds for the collec- 



•1 During the lull in the fishing se in august, many turn th 



i to this industry. Much that is exported from St John find to the 



ing towns in th ■ England SI here it , o be in demand amo 



ilation. 

 Among the edible Algm, that which occupies the highest pi 

 I Ins W hen reduced to a jelly by boiling, and 

 wishing qualities. Porphyral 

 mand in China and on th 

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■I to them, their q 

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