42 Fibres of the Hawaiian Islands. 



latter article derives its name from the Greek word cannabis. The 

 following reference is to hemp: "I never heard the like termes 

 given to any simple as you give to this ; you call it neckwede." 



In India the well known intoxicating liquor "bhang" or 

 "hasheesh" is prepared from cannabis and is used by all classes, 

 Moslems and Hindus alike being said to indulge in its insidious 

 intoxication to a great extent. 



JUTB. 



ExoGEN. Bast Fibre. Tiliaceee. Corchorus capsiila^-is. 



Jute is derived from a shrub which grows wild throughout 

 India where it has been cultivated from early times. It has been 

 introduced successfully to favorable parts of the United States and 

 would probably grow well in these Islands ; but its culture here is 

 unlikely in view of the very many superior fibrous plants readily 

 adaptable to this climate. The culture of jute, however, is stated 

 in the Cyclopedia of India to be easier and more profitable than 

 that of rice. The chief commercial jute manufa(5tures are sacking 

 (Bengali, goni, which suggests the word "gunny") and packing 

 cloth. It is also used extensively in admixture with wool and other 

 articles in the produdtion of an inferior kind of carpet. 



BAMBU. 



Kndogen. Structural Fibre. GraminecE. 



Among the important fibre plants of the world is bambu, the 

 most gigantic of the grasses, which varies from the size of a slender 

 reed to that of a small palm. The climate of Hawaii is adapted to 

 many of the bambus,^ but no attempt is made to take advantage of 

 this commercially. Many varieties would flourish among the deep 

 moist valleys of these Islands where little else of value could grow, 

 and their slender poles and stems should find a ready use not only 

 among our oriental population, but in the general manufa(5ture of 

 varied domestic articles. The number of uses to which the bambu 

 is applied in China and other eastern countries is indefinite. The 

 useful "India paper" is made from the leaves and shoots ; its strong 

 upright posts are used for the framework of houses, while other parts 



^Bambusa vulgaris is found wild on all the larger Hawaiian islands, and perhaps eight 

 or more species are found here in gardens. 



