Green and Purple Laver
This print is from plate 47 of The Sea-Shore, part of the 'Shown to the Children' series, published by TC & EC Jack of London & Edinburgh. Laver is another name for sea lettuce, and is edible. You can view the full volume here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/66669/66669-h/66669-h.htm#plate47
The illustrations are by Janet Harvey Kelman, circa 1907.
The book has the following to say about green and purple laver:
"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.
This plant [the purple laver] 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."
Regular fit
Crew neck
Mid-weight, 180 GSM, 24-singles cotton
100% combed organic cotton
Quality organic cotton is grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides - GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified
Neck ribbing with twin needle stitch, side seamed, shoulder to shoulder tape, double-needle hems, preshrunk to minimise shrinkage
| Size |
Body Width (cm) |
Body Length (cm) |
| Small |
47 |
71 |
| Medium |
52 |
75 |
| Large |
56.5 |
78.5 |
| XL |
61 |
82 |
| 2XL | 64 | 83.5 |
| 3XL | 68 | 85 |
How to Measure:
- Lay an existing t-shirt flat.
- Body Width: Measure 3cm below armpit, from one side to the other.
- Body Length: Measure from the top of the shoulder to the bottom of the t-shirt.