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3. M. Cornu, in his letter, speaks of the information a as by 
the Société Nationale d’Acclimatation de France as being an old affair 
(il y a déja longtemps). But,as a matter of fact, z is enere in the 
number = the sated ns April of the present yea 
statements extremely specific or I kend not have ventured 
to tecubie the order Office i in the matter. Thus it is stated :—“ Dans 
“ les villages pauvres du Bas-Languedoc, il est peu de A où l’on 
ne rd = linge ark E en toile de Genêt.” les 
“ Ceven ou le c erce de ce textile ge trouve localisé, on 
r emploie alion Bowl faire des aon oe 
rnu suggests that Rots is onfusion with Crotalaria, the 
Sunn Hemp of India. This, if really the case, seal be very curious. 
6. Unless the information issued by the Société d’Acclimatation is 
purely imaginary, which, as it is a society of standing and repute, is 
improbable, there is a local industry in France of which nothing is 
cg known. Perhaps Her ET s Consul at Marseilles 
ould find out what the nature of it really is 
. In any case I must beg to express my thanks for the trouble that 
has ‘been taken in the matter. 
I am, &c. 
(Signed) W. T. THISELTON-DYER. 
Sir T. Villiers Lister, = a M.G., : 
Foreign Office 
FOREIGN OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
SIR, Foreign Office, January 28, 1892. 
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to 
transmit e you, to be laid before the Feto of the Royal Gardens, a 
despatch from Her Majesty’s Minister in Paris sending specimens of 
fibres of the Genista juncea referred to in the letter from this office of 
July 17 last. 
I am, &c. 
x (Signed) T. V. LISTER. 
. The Assistant Director, 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[ Enclosure. ] 
The SECRETARY OF EMBASSY, PARIS, to FOREIGN OFFICE. 
My Lorp, Paris, January 27, 1892. 
WITH reference to your Lordship’s despatch of this Series, 
Number 81, of the 28th of April, and to my despatch, Number 295, of 
the 16th of ‘July last, I have the honour to transmit herewit +h specimens 
of the fibre of the Genista juncea, L., and of articles manufactured 
therefrom as regere by Mr. Thiselton- Dyer. 
hese specimens have just been forwarded to me by Monsieur 
Geoffroy St. Hilaire, President of the Société Nationale d’Acclimatation 
de France, who informs me that he has had some difficulty in obtaining 
the specimens, their p of manufacture being limited toa few remote 
villages in the Cevennes 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) Epw. H. EGERTON. 
The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., 
Ty &e, &e. 
