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finished specimens of papers. The paper made from ‘all-grass’ 
pulp would, with judicious treatment for improvement of colour, be 
very suitable for printing purposes. 
“The following table of figures was obtained and compiled from 
tests and analyses made on the air-dried finished papers — : 
Half Lalang, 
» Cotton, 
Pure Lalang. 
Physical properties— 
reaking strain (Ibs.) ... 8°37 8°88 (way of machine)... 
Stretch (per cent.) ie S08 1:35 
Rubbing test Pes 27 151 
Thickness (inches) sae’ 535 
Chemical constituents, per cent,— 
osin size Cre. ae 7 BOO ot én Stee : 
Ash (natural and loading) 3-01 1°94 ee adi 
Moisture .., 10°40 8°68 
“ The addition of cotton to the pure lalang fibre has the effect of 
improving its resistance to crumbling, and also in a lesser degree its 
tensile strength,” 
X.—THE SOUTH AFRICAN BAMBOO, 
(drundinaria tessellata, Munro.) 
Orro Starr, 
THE existence of a bamboo in Cape Colony has been known for 
more than seventy years. It was discovered by Drége on several of 
the high mountains of the Colony as long ago as 1832, if not 1829. 
His collections include it from Table Mountain (Queenstown 
Division), Katberg (Stockenstrom Division), 
(Aliwal North Division). 
where it g 
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