OCEAN GARDENS; 



fully according to situation, being very remarkable. 

 It is the Carrageen Moss of the herb market. 

 This plant forms the principal object in the lower 

 part of Plate IV. , to the right. 



Laurencia pinnatifolia is a pretty branching 

 plant, also varying in hue according to the aspect 

 in which it grows. In the shade it is purple, but 

 when receiving the full influence of the sun's rays, 

 it assumes a light-yellow tone ; just as the Lyco- 

 podium^ known as fortune's Moss, is purple when 

 grown in the darkest part of a room, but becomes 

 of an ordinary green tone when placed for some 

 time near the light. The Laurencia is shown at 

 the upper part of Plate V., coloured pale- violet. 



The splendid plant Mhodymenia palmata^ with 

 its finely-coloured, semi-transparent fronds, is also 

 recommended. It is the Dulse, or Dellis, eaten by 

 the inhabitants of our northern coasts as a delicacy. 

 Another species of R. lacinata is represented to the 

 left of Plate V., the transparent light-crimson fronds 

 of which are excessively beautiful. Mr. Gosse tells 

 us that the Mhodymenia palmata is not suited to an 

 Aquarium, because it appears to require the motion 

 of the sea, and soon begins to decay in still water. 

 If that be the case, let us provide a remedy, for the 

 plant is one of the most beautiful among all its 



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