to Make For boys and having their holidi t will be interesting while at the seaside to make a collection of seaweeds. A great variety of these curious plants is to be found along the sea-shóre; there are hundreds of speci Specimens should be collected and taken home in water, or at least in a damp towel. On reaching home the seaweeds should be washed in sea-water. It is unwise to use fresh water, for some of these plants cannot withstand fresh water, and begin te decompose.
Having washed the specimens, clean and clip them with scissors to a suitable size, take the piece of paper n which they are to be mounted. and already cut to size. and slip this into the water underneath the plant Let the plant float upon it, and arrange the fronds with a camel's-hair brush. In doing this it is a good plan to have a thin plate of zine, perforated with small holes, which can be put under the paper and form an inclined plane on which the paper can be drawn from the water The paper should be placed between four or five sheets of blotting-paper, and then be pressed—either in or under a board and heavy When dry the specimens will adhere to the paper This applies to the finer kinds of seaweed, lighter and not to the heavy. thick sorts like bladder-wrack.
These must be simply dried without sing.
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