14 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



will doubtless attract much of Royal attention. But the 

 various uses to which the fibre is applied, and the import- 

 ance of the seed, must form the most gratifying subjects 

 for inquiry, in connexion with the employment afforded 

 to youth, to age, and to the infirm. 



Associations of this delightful character cannot fail to 

 raise the flax-cause in the estimation of the public. I 

 therefore hope to see the day when my advocacy will be 

 supported by the wealth, influence, and philanthropy of 

 the United Kingdom. 



