Flax

Linum usitati imum. Important fiber-plant of the natural family Linaceæ, native of Europe, introduced by culti IMG:content-0090.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0091.png:[blocks in formation] is most largely grown in the West, where it is sown broadcast in the spring on new land prepared as for wheat or oats. It is harvested and threshed by machinery, and only the seed used.