| The as has eod. 213, 3n ilis. of wet fibre which have given— 
i fone bales of drj € fibre, 1st quality. 
» rse fibre, inferior quality. 
407 bales, weighing 61,050 kilos. 
ean io a 10,175 kilos. 
~Pesportion of dry fibre to wet fibre = 28°61 °/.. 
A true copy of note nd by eeu us 
ned) A. VANDERMEERS 
.17 February 1890. ° Acting Burren Gola E 
CXLV.—SIBERIAN PERENNIAL FLAX. 
(Linum perenne, L.) 
e ‘The common flax (Linum weil indigenous in the South of 
Europe and in the East, has been in cultivation from the earliest times. 
It is now largely grown iitoushout the northern hemisphere, and 
nds It is one of the most useful members of the 
is a native of the British 
Middle m seme Europe, in Western 
isi sia, and in Lidia... bis ne nt has numerou ye slender stems 
ot M to 2 feet high. The flowers are about 
d attention has been drawn to the fact that in some parts 
wma such as Siberia, flax has at one time been prepared from it. | 
At fetis time it is doubtful whether flax on a commercial scale is 
obtained from any other than the common flax, Linum usitatissimum., 
Eia visi joan is will serye to show what is at presen 
; spe sc tet erennial flax and it may lead to a further elucida- 
tion rof. grey. sf , 
Royat Garness, i. to FonEIGN Oma Qu K 
-Royal Gardens, € 16 November 1889. ues 
a HA VE the honour. to inform that Mr. ees Dyer has D D d 
lescribed a àperennial © — 
n. annual) and spate om 
for many yea rs. rue 
donee is pa in : 
* Vegetable Physi 
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