 | Common Flax Seeds (Linum usitatissimum). Common Flax was cultivated at Monticello by 1779, when Jefferson recorded the occurrence of late severe frosts in April that killed "all the flax." Flax was considered a staple commodity for the manufacture of "necessary articles of clothing;" it was grown in the farm fields and spun into linen in the Textile Workshop on Monticello's Mulberry Row. This annual flax bears lovely sky-blue flowers in summer, is an important fiber and oil source, and has a multitude of medicinal and... - Common Flax Seeds (Linum usitatissimum). |
