THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 



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Prof. Meldola said that having been informed of the proposed exhibit by 

 Mr. Littler he had taken advantage of an opportunity which had recently 

 presented itself for calling attention to a somewhat kindred subject. The 

 importance of recording the survival or the decline and extinction of ancient 

 industries while the chance still remained had been dwelt upon by him at the 

 last meeting in connection with the use of wooden fish-hooks. He was par- 

 ticularly interested to learn, therefore, from the Duchess of Sutherland that 

 in the highlands of Scotland, in spite of the now general use of coal-tar 

 colouring matters, there was still a large amount of dyeing of home-made 

 materials carried on by means of native plants. The Duchess, who had 

 taken the greatest interest in promoting the home industries of Scotland, had 

 been so good as to forward him a list of the plants so used and the colours 

 furnished by them, and he thought that this list was of sufficient interest to 

 place upon record in connection with the observations made by Mr. Littler : — 



VEGETABLE COLOURING-MATTERS USED AS DYEING 

 MATERIALS IN THE SCOTCH HIGHLANDS. 



