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pears in Se ie) the sites of the useless indigenous kinds can be profitably ; 
occupied by the kel exotic species of Spa omit America ;'many of which 
*is : 
P ; 
have ron w “ag bs an eastern hemisphere, and have become important ar- 
ultv ure in poudict Euro In rier OF pti x the 
others, w ich do not even need any other enclosure than they the mselv ves 
alford on naked r ocks s or arid san ds. His numerous ise Bree con- 
solute necessities of our nav dine: He seveithieleat™ recommends the 
y PHN of afew individuals of every other species of endioge- 
1 
nous plants which are valuable on account of the quantity or quality” of | 
their foliaceous spies, in yon? to have the belative properties of all deter- 
mined in a civilized country. He therefore respectfully directs the nel 
0 genera of 
Gomutus, Mau iris, ee ound of the other genera of pa aii : tet os os 
places and habits of growth of the species of each genus in every f amily 
which are most productive of the most valuable foliaceous fibres ; as it con- 
tinues to be his unshaken opinion that the production of foliaceous fibres 
by civilized people should be directly encouraged by the statesmen of our 
nation and the philanthropists of the world. Lighte er, stronger, more elastic, 
and more durable, than the cortical fibres of hemp and flax ; and produced 
by perennial self-propagating plants in stony, sindy, or swampy surfaces, 
with the easiest and che eee eee and the simplest and speediest 
preparation, the relative and p e prices and properties of foliaceous ‘fi- 
bres, insures their sabstitntion fo coftital tes in the general consumption 
of mankind. 
PS I have the er wees be, 
Tr, very respectfully, 
our obedient servant, 
HENRY PERRINE.” 
‘ ConsuLATE Unirep SraTes oF AMER 
Campeachy. November 23, “1834, 
resuming the topic of tropical oem pony gg in theast- 
Sir: it 
Sense of ‘the ou ultimo, the subseriber has the sitisfaction to add 
to on —— — a — nee = ages 165—6, of the 
cent Memorial de la Ins sean ma de la Havana, par Don Rames 
laSagra, 1834.” This zit with slettce from the author, da aie of Oe. 
tober, arrived the 3d instant, and extracts from both should _ accompa- 
nied the second contains to the Secretary of the Navy.” ee: ded to 
be a supplement to the jirst on foliaceous fibres, directed to that department 
relary o. 
“Ti oes still be sent, and it is respectfully desired that they may be read also by the See- ; 
camemeentey 
