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p. 37; 1879, p. 83; Adansonia digitata, ‘‘ Baobab,’’ 1876, p- 24; 
fimbristylis spadicea, 1876, p- 20; Heliconia Bihai, 1876, p- 20; 
Lepidosperma gladiatum, 1876, p. 25; Uniola virgata, 1876, 
p. 25; Calotropis gigantea, 1877, p. 37; 1880, p- 52; 1881, p. 32, 
45; Broussonetia papyrifera, 1879, p. 33; Yucca brevifolia, 1878, 
p. 44; Eriophorum comosum, 1878, p. 45; Phragmites commuiis, 
1876, p. 25; ‘‘ Bamboo,’’ 1876, p. 24; 1877, p. 35. 
Later papers have appeared in the Kew Bulletin as follows :— 
‘“ Bhabur Grass (/schaemum angustifolium),”’ 1888, p. 157; 
1894, p. 367; Add. Ser. ii. ‘‘ Vegetable Fibres,’’ p. 253. 
“ Esparto (Stipa tenacissima),’’ 1898, p. 318. 
“Lalang Grass (Imperata arundinacea),’’ 1909, p. 55. 
‘“‘Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria) for Paper-making,’’ 
1912, p. 396; and 1913, p. 363. 
‘*Streblus Paper (Streblus asper),’’ Add. Ser. ii., ‘‘ Vegetable 
Fibres,’’ p. 46. 
The specimens referred to are in the Museums at Kew, and 
there are many more that have been contributed from time to 
time which do not appear to have attracted any special notice. 
The following plants have been under consideration in com- 
paratively recent years, but their use does not yet appear to have 
come general for paper-making : — 
Bamboo, Bambusa polymorpha, Munro; &c. 
botanical science there is not one so well calculated to meet the 
pressing requirements of the Paper-trade as ‘ Bamboo,’ both as 
regards facility of economy and production, as well as the quality 
of the ‘ Paper Stock’ which can be manufactured therefrom. 
-..T have made ‘Paper Stock’ from a stem of Bambusa 
vulgaris, Schrad., sent me by Dr. Hooker, from the Royal Botanic 
Gardens at Kew, which, as measured by the gardener in the 
Palm-house, grew at the rate of three feet in a single week.” _ 
The Indian Forest Record, Vol. iv. Part v., contains a ‘* Note 
on the Utilisation of Bamboo for the Manufacture of Paper- 
Pulp,’”’ by R. S. Pearson, printed on paper made from Bambusa 
Amongst recent publications on this subject may be mentioned 
‘Bamboo Fibre as a Paper Material,’’ in “‘ The ommercial 
