INDEX 



Abaca fibre, 156 



Abassi cotton, 59 



Abutilon asiaticum, 145 



Abutilon Avicennce, 145 



Abutilon indicum, 145 



Acid purification of fibres, 6 



Adansonia digitata, 221 



Africa, East, cotton growing in, 

 91; flax growing in, no; 

 papyrus of, 222 ; Sansevieria 

 fibres of, 186 ; Sisal hemp 

 cultivation in, 172 



Africa, South, cotton growing in, 

 97 ; flax growing in, in; see 

 also Natal ani Transvaal 



Africa, West, banana fibre in, 

 165; baobab bark from, 221 ; 

 cotton growing in, 77 ; Hibiscus 

 fibres of, 145 ; jute growing in, 

 142 ; piassava production in, 

 205 ; ramie cultivation in, 129 ; 

 Sansevieria fibres of, 186; Sisal 

 hemp cultivation in, 179 ; 

 Triumfetta fibres of , 153 ; Urena 

 fibres of, 154, 155 



Agave Cantata, 167, 169 



Agave fourcroydes, 167 



Agave heteracantha, 207 



Agave Lespinassei, 180 



Agave rigidav&r. elongata, 167 



Agave sisalana, 167 



Agave Zapupe, 180 



Agave spp., 166 



A gratis spp., 41 



Ake-iri fibre, 154 



Alabama argillacea, 40 



Algeria, exports of crin vegetal 

 from, 214 ; production of es- 

 parto, 219 



" Aloes," 166, 181 



Alpinia nutans, 222 



Amaryllidaceae, 166, 181 



Ambari hemp, 146 



American cotton, cultivation in 

 British West Africa, 78, 79, 81 , 

 82, 85, 87 ; cultivation in 

 Sudan, 88 ; prices, 75 ; varie- 

 ties, 52 



American Upland cotton, 53 ; 

 botanical source, n ; cultiva- 

 tion in Asiatic Russia, 72 ; cul- 

 tivation in Brazil, 70 ; cultiva- 

 tion in Corea, 74 ; cultivation in 

 Cyprus, 96 ; cultivation in India, 

 63, 65 ; cultivation in Nyasa- 

 land, 93 ; cultivation in Uganda, 

 90 



Amomum hemisphericum, 222 



Ananas sativa, 198 



Angular leaf spot of cotton, 33 



Anthonomus grandis, 36, 71 



Anthracnose of cotton, 33 



Aphis gossypii, 42 



Apion sp., 134 



Apocynaceae, 213 



" Aramina " fibre, 154 



Argentina, cotton production in, 71 



Arundo Donav, 222 



Asclepiadaceae, 213 



Asclepias spp., 213 



Ash determination of fibres, 5 



Ashmouni cotton, 26, 58 



Assil Afifi cotton, 59 



Aster ocystis radicis, 99, 101 



Attalea funifera, 204 



Australia, broom corn cultivation 

 in, 208 ; cotton cultivation in, 

 97 ; flax cultivation in, in; 

 Sisal hemp cultivation in, 172 



Awkraw fibre, 146 



Azores, New Zealand hemp cul- 

 tivation in, 196 



Bacterial disease of cotton, 35 

 Bacterium malvacearum, 36 

 Bafoodo julo fibre, 151 



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