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INDEX 



Bagasse, use in paper making, 221 



Bahamas, Sisal hemp cultivation 

 in, 169 



Bahia piassava, 204 



Bamboo, use in paper making, 220 



Banana fibre, 164 



Bani cotton, 67 



Baobab bark, use in paper making, 

 221 



Barbados, cotton growing in, 95 



Barsi cotton, 66 



Bass, 214 



Bassine fibre, 206 



Bast fibres, I 



Belati cotton, 66 



Bengals cotton, 66 



Bhang, 114 



Bhindi fibre, 146 



Bimlipitam " jute," 146 



Bixaceae, 213 



Black arm disease of cotton, 35 



Doehmeria nivea and var. tenacis- 

 sima, 124 



Boll, 12 



Boll-shedding of cotton, 33 



Boll- weevil, 36, 71 



Boll-worm, American, 38 ; Egyp- 

 tian, 39 ; pink, 39 



Bolobolo fibre, 151 



Bombacaceae, 209, 213 



Bombax Ceiba, 213 



Bombax malabaricum, 210, 213 



Bombay " hemp," 122 



Boon, 106, 119 



Borassus flabellifer, 206 



Bowstring hemp, 185 



Brazil, cotton production in, 70 



Brazilian cotton, botanical source, 

 12 ; prices, 75 ; varieties, 70 



Breaking of flax, 106 ; of hemp, 

 119 



British Cotton Growing Associa- 

 tion, 77, 78, 81, 83, 85, 87, 91 



British East Africa see East 

 Africa Protectorate 



British Empire, cotton growing 

 in, 76 



British North Borneo, Manila 

 hemp cultivation in, 156 



British West Africa, banana fibre 

 in, 165; cotton growing in, 77 ; 

 Hibiscus fibres of, 145 ; jute 

 growing in, 142 ; piassava pro- 

 duction in, 205 ; ramie cultiva- 

 tion in, 129 ; Sansevieria fibres 

 of, 1 86 ; Sisal hemp cultiva- 

 tion in, 179 ; Triumfetta fibres 

 of, 153 ; Urena fibres of, 154 



British West Indies, cotton grow- 

 ing in, 94 ; Manila hemp cul- 

 tivation in, 156 ; Sisal hemp 

 cultivation in, 172 



Broach cotton, 64, 67 



Bromeliaceae, 198 



Broom corn fibre, 208 



Broussonetia papyri/era, 221 



Brush fibres, 3, 200 



Buri cotton, 65 



Calotropis gigantea, 209, 213 



Calotropis procera, 213 



Cambodia cotton, 65 



Canada, flax growing in, 1 10 



Cannabis saliva, 113, 156 



Caryota urens, 207 



Celluloid, 16 



Cellulose, 4 ; determination of in 

 fibres, 6 



Ceylon, coir exports from, 202 ; 

 cotton growing in, 97 ; kitool 

 exports from, 207 ; palmyra 

 fibre exports, 206 ; Sansevieria 

 zeylanica fibre of, 187 ; sunn 

 hemp cultivation in, 122 



Cham&rops humilis, 213 



Charas, 113 



Chemical examination of fibres, 4 



Chiendents, 209 



China, cotton production in, 72 



China grass, 124 



China jute, 145 



Chorisia spp., 213 



Chrysopogon gryllus, 209 



Ch'u ma, 124 



Churka gin, 45 



Cochlospermum Gossypium, 213 



Coconadas cotton, 68 



Coconut palm, 200 



Cocos nucifera, 200 



Cedilla, 107 



Coimbatores cotton, 68 



Coir, 200 ; exports from India 

 and Ceylon, 202 ; imports into 

 United Kingdom, 203 



Colletotrichum gossypii, 33 



Collodion, 16 



Colombia, cotton production in, 



7 1 



Coompta cotton, 64, 67 

 Cor chorus capsularis, 131 

 Cor chorus "olitorius, 131 

 Cordage fibres, 3, 156 

 Corea, cotton production in, 74 

 Corwey fibre, 149 

 Cosmophila sabulifera, 134 

 Cotton, 9 ; acclimatisation and 



