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Show I Substitute for Flax. Linen, heretofore made exclusively from Ilax, has been growing dearer and dearer ln proportion as the flax plant has become rarer and more dif-ficult dif-ficult to cultivate. Now, it is said, a ! satisfactory substitute has been found ! in the flax lily, which grows in nbun-i nbun-i dance in New Zealand. The plant will grow admirably ln many parts of ' Europe and America. It Is far easier i to cultivate than flax itself, and it has I a yield of 2,240 pounds to the acre. |