Bull-Rush, or Club-grass; the Scirpus lacustris, L. is an indigenous plant, frequently found in rivers, pools, and fens. It attains a height of from five to twelve feet, and is, near the root, about the thickness of a finger. Its spikes are dark-chesnut, or dark-brown with a tinge of red.

When fodder is exhausted, cattle will live upon this plant; and for that purpose it may be made into hay. Goats and swine eat it, but it is refused by cows and sheep. In Sweden, cottages are thatched ; and, in Britain, pack-saddles are stuffed, with the bull-rush. Bottoms of chairs, and mats, are likewise very commonly made of it, and their finer or coarser quality depends upon the age of the grass. - From the pith, or medullary substance of this vegetable, a kind of paper may be prepared, by pressing it, and afterwards giving it consistence, by a proper addition of size.