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exceeding the stem inlength. Distribution : India, ot se 
&e. The variety Jatifolia found in the Tropical oe “ae + Hee 
Kumaon to Assam is a more robust plant, with om ) 
glabrous nodes, and long leaves 4 to 3 inch broad. es: 
5 Of the various methods adopted, or suggested, for the ie ne i 
of this grass the ae note from the * Ceylon Observe 
worth recording :— 
we Ealiie or Illuk grass, one of the worst of tropical woe DO 
which was recently the subject of discussion at the mee ae | ere 
Board of Agriculture, is prevalent in Kedah. But a I 
Chinaman looks after while he tends his tapioca crop, and keeps 
This was submitted to Messrs. Jo ic »» Litd., 
Mills, Watford, who kindly fu 
date March 27th, 1905 :— 
“We have tried and tested the sam 
» the percentage of dry fibre 
» Was not stated, so that we are unable to 
ire the percent obtainable from the original grass. 
he dried and pressed pulp yiel 
; e, and as a paper-making material seems to occupy 
an intermediate position between Spanish Esparto and good straw 
fibre, i ingapore lalang grass, 
(in the dried brick form submitted to us), 
ber ton. The dry uncrushed grass would 
i in well-pressed packed bales at a price propor- 
tionate to the fibre in it, We should be glad to try an experiment 
it on a larger scale if we could 
8. 
Various other Correspondents 
the subject. of the utilis 
ing Messrs, Ide & ( 
> have communicated with Kew on 
‘ation of this grass for paper-making, includ- 
Christie, the well-known fibre experts, who 
