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MIX WEED 4 SUBSTITUTE FOR FLAx.--- The last number of Professor Silliman's Journal of Arts and Sciences, contains a communication from Margaret Geuish, Sa- fem, Mass. stating some facts respecting the .asclepias Syrsacas, or common Silk, or Milk Weed.

 To Professor .sillin,an :--sir-Some in- formation on the article inserted in the late No. of the American Journal, styled a "substitste for linen," being inquired for, t is with with pleasure given. lie plant there referred to, is the Asclepias Syriaca, or common silk or milk weed-and the mate rial itself, IS the exterior and nscrier the exterior, however, IS considered of the most importance. If the the structure oi this plant be examined, the body of it when in full growth, will be found enveloped by three sets of flores, two of which are