1. CORALLINE.2. DULSE.
The dulse is one of the sea-weeds which are used for food. On many parts of the coast of Ireland it is very largely eaten, both boiled and raw, and some people are so fond of it that they have it for breakfast every day.
PLATE XLVII
THE GREEN LAVER (1)
Another name for this plant is the Sea Lettuce; and certainly, with its broad, bright green, crinkled leaves, it does look rather like a cabbage lettuce. It is a very useful plant to keep in a salt-water aquarium, for its leaves give off little bubbles of oxygen gas, which help to keep the water pure and fit for fishes and other creatures to live in. If you look at it on a bright sunny day you will often find that the leaves are covered all over with these tiny bubbles, which look just like little drops of quicksilver.
The green laver is found in abundance on most of our rocky coasts, and is often boiled down into a kind of jelly and used as food.
PLATE XLVII
THE PURPLE LAVER (2)
This plant is very much like the green laver, except that it is purple in colour instead of green. It is often boiled down into jelly and used as food, more especially in Ireland, where it is generally known as “sloke,” and is cooked and brought to table in a silver saucepan.