Show I 1 A WONDERFUL SEAWEED ED ua Ms a stem sometimes same times three andred feet lons long one of the most extraordinary seaweeds among the cea is the the stem stein of which occasionally attains a leng lengu l ngtai U of feet though thourl extremely slender even at ani the top where it is surmounted by a huge hu e floating i n g bladder six abc feet or seven feet in length that affords a favorite resting place to the sea otter this plant is found on the northeast coast of america and the opposite shores of asia the stem which is about al ont as thick as packthread pack pach thread suddenly swells above 0 love when two feet or three feet long iong into a bladder from the tl top of which springs a tuft tu it of germinate leaves mostly rising on five petioles pet ioles As the plant grows older the stem increases enormously in length but only slightly in thickness s the bladder swells into a turnip shaped or retort like six feet long and four feet six inches or more in di diameter ameter in the widest part the lower extremity ext extremity remit y gradually passing into the stem the leaves which at first were marked with a few faint nerves split in the direction of the latter at ter covers corer a wide space by their entangled mass and attain a length of 30 feet or more hen the plant grows in any quantity it forms large cazze floating islands and the surface of the sea becomes impassable to boats the stem when dry is employed by the aleutians Aleut ians for fishing lines some of which have a length of 40 or more fathoms the large bladders are used by the same people as siphons for pumping avo water ter out of their boats fishing sazette bazette |