6. Molinia cærulea.—

The proposition of using this common British grass for the purpose of papermaking was mentioned in the Kew Report for 1878, p. 45. Mr. N. G. Richardson, of Tyaquin, county Galway, has since actively promoted its experimental cultivation in the west of Ireland. At a private meeting held at Athenry a committee was formed to raise subscriptions to plant ten Irish acres of bog with it at Tyaquin. Mr. W. Smith, of Golden Bridge Mills, had manufactured paper from this grass, with which he was so well satisfied that he was prepared to buy 1,000 tons if any one would supply him."