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under the present process; while from the refuse straw, impreg- 

 nated with the salts used in its pieparation, he will obtain a 

 manure of the richest and most lertilizing character. 



The Chevalier Claussen then laid before the council the fol- 

 lowing ditferent specimens : 



1. Samples of flax in the straw, pulled and rippled. 



2. Samples of flax-straw, prepared according to the new pro- 

 cess, adapted for linen manufactures. 



3. Samples of long fibre scutched from part of No. 2. 



4. Samples of flax-fibre, adapted for spinning on cotton 

 machinery. 



5. Sample of yarn spun on cotton machinery, some from all the 

 above flax-fibre, others mixed in various proportions with the 

 American cotton ; these mixtures being termed by the inventor 

 flax-cotton. 



6. Samples of flax-fibre prepared for mixing with wool. 



7. Samples of yarn produced on ordinary woolen machinery, 

 composed of wool and flax in various proportions, termed by the 

 inventor flax- wool. 



8. Samples of flannel woven from the above. 



9. Samples of fine cloth woven from yarn composed of flax and 

 fine wool in various proportions. 



10. Flax-fibre prepared for mixing with silk, and dyed with 

 colors. 



11. Flax-fibre mixed with spun silk, and termed by the in- 

 ventor flax-silk. 



12. A sample of yarn produced from the above. 



13. Samples of flax-cotton yarn dyed of various colors. 



14. Samples of cloth woven from flax-cotton yarn and wool, 

 dyed. 



