28 AUGUST 1886, Page 18

FI.A X -GRO WING.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—I have read your interesting article on " Land and Labour," published in your issue of August 21st, in which you call attention to the fact that "flax can be grown here at a far higher profit than wheat and beans," and I beg respectfully to call the attention of your readers to a meeting to be held next Tuesday afternoon, at 3 p.m., at the Westminster Palace Hotel, for the purpose of discussing the subject of the flax industry as a relief to the present depression in agriculture that prevails all over the Kingdom. All persons interested in this question