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-mill, and. the resulting foliaceous fibres are now in the room of the Com- 
mittee on Agriculture of the House of ep aie 22d Feb., ae 
P. 
Travels in the Sig regions of South Americas in aes by Adrian 
R y,M. D.; published in Hartford, 1834, ; 
Travelling from Guayaquil towards Quito, upon ae highlands or moun- 
tains, at: page 137, he sa ea He a is the most miserable cam si 
not withst i The 
low from the adjacent mountains. At 9 a.m., (of the ash bof July) yale 
a bright sun and very little wind, the thexrnomictor, stood 
t 1p. ., started for Hambato, distant about six Corea “The ae og is 
little else but a succession of sandy plains, separated by Tavines, or water 
courses, made during the rainy season. ‘These were generally dry, or at 
most, but a scanty stream wound along their bottom. In some of the less 
barren s spots, fields of wheat were to be seen. These fields are surrounded 
by hedge rows of the Agave Americana,” p. 138. 
Fibrous-leaved plants and foliaceous fibres. 
The plates of fibrous-leaved plants are intended to aubirabe the divisions 
and subdivisions under which the genera and species are placed, according 
io the arrangement adopted by the subscriber, in his i Frases He 
tions to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Represe ‘esentatives. 
represent specimens of fibrous-leaved plants, of the instruments for dre 
the leaves, and of the foliaceous fibres, which have all. been oie by 
the members. of both committees on agriculture. As the originals still 
remain in the room of the Committee on ra tpl these two ee may 
induce other peuhel of both Houses of Congress to examin 
mens themselves; and, at ail events, these plates will enable sii distant 
agriculturists throughout the Union, to form a more adequate conception 
of the nature and importance of propagating fibrous-leaved plants, and of 
preparing their foliaceous fibres. ‘I'he subscriber ag travelled thousands 
of miles, and spent thousands of dollars, to exhibit h: imens of superior 
substitutes for flax and hemp; and he has, the acoueaee recollection of the 
fact, that every intelligent agriculturist and statesman, who has devoted the 
time and attention necessary to understand the subject, has coincided with 
his Grin of the immense importance of producing g these new “aplea.oe 
, wth se 2d No. of its rH Pee ae sy ne 
as an 
the fibres of the leaves, is almost the only cordags +f asa xe Leneaache: terior. 
