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INDEX 



Dictyosperma fibrosum, 204 

 Diseases of cotton, 32 ; of flax, 



100 



Disinfection of cotton seed, 43 

 Dodder, 101 

 Dwarf fan palm, 213 

 Dysdercus spp., 42 

 Earias insulana, 39 



East Africa Protectorate, cotton 

 growing in, 91 ; flax growing 

 in, no ; papyrus in, 222 ; San- 

 sevieria fibres of, 186 ; Sisal 

 hemp cultivation in, 170 



Egypt, cotton production in, 54; 

 methods of cotton cultivation 

 in, 23 



Egyptian cottons, botanical source, 

 1 1 ; cultivation in Brazil, 70 ; 

 cultivation in British West 

 Africa, 81, 82, 85, 87 ; cultiva- 

 tion in East Africa Protectorate, 

 92 ; cultivation in India, 65 ; 

 cultivation in Nyasaland, 93 ; 

 cultivation in Peru, 69 ; cultiva- 

 tion in Sudan, 88 ; cultivation 

 in Uganda, 90 ; cultivation in 

 United States, 52 ; prices, 75 ; 

 uses, 60 ; varieties, 57 



Elceis guineensis, 197 



Elephant grass, use in paper 

 making, 222 



England, flax growing in, no 



Epicampes macroura, 209 



Eriodendron anfractuosum, 209, 

 210 



Enodendron Samauma, 213 



Eriophyes gossypii, 43 



Esparto, 219 



Estopier, 180 



Feltia sp., 41 



Fibres, chemical examination, 4 ; 

 classification according to 

 origin, i, uses, 2 ; determina- 

 tion of strength and elongation, 

 7 ; determination of length and 

 diameter of ultimate, 7; methods 

 of investigation, 3 ; micro- 

 scopical examination, 3 



Fiji, cotton growing in, 97 ; Sisal 

 hemp cultivation in, 172 



Filasse, 127 



Flax, botanical characters, 98 ; 

 breaking, 106 ; climate and soil, 

 98 ; commercial varieties, 112 ; 

 cultivation, 99 ; cultivation in 

 British Empire, 108 ; cultiva- 



tion in Canada, no; cultiva- 

 tion in East Africa Protectorate, 

 110 ; cultivation in England, 

 110 ; cultivation in Ireland, 



108 ; diseases and pests, 100 ; 

 experiments in Australia, Cy- 

 prus, India, and South Africa, 

 in; harvesting, 100 ; im- 

 ports into United Kingdom, 



109 ; manuring, 99 ; prepara- 

 tion of fibre, 102 ; prices, 112 ; 

 retting, 102 ; rippling, 102 ; 

 scutching, 106 ; seed sowing, 

 100 ; sorting and baling, 107 ; 

 structure, uses, and properties, 

 in ; use in paper-making, 216 ; 

 world's production, 107 ; yield, 

 100 



Flax-rust, 101 

 FJax shieve or boon, 106 

 Flax-sick land, 101 

 Flax, tow or codilla, 107 ; im- 

 ports into United Kingdom, 109 

 Flax wilt, 101 

 Flax yellowing, 99, 100 

 Flosses, 209 



Formosa, pineapple fibre in, 198 

 Frenching of cotton, 34 

 Fumigation of cotton seed, 44 

 Funtumia elastica, 209, 213 

 Furcreza cubensis, 184 

 Furcrcea gigantea, 181 

 Fusarium lini, 101 

 Fuzz of cotton seed, 13 



Gambia, cotton growing in, 86 ; 

 Hibiscus rostellatus (darwaso) 

 fibre, 150 ; H. tiliaceus (ba- 

 foodo julo) fibre, 151 ; jute 

 growing in, 143 ; Urena lobata 

 fibre in, 154 



Ganja, 113 



Gelechia gossypiella, 39 



German East Africa, cotton grow- 

 ing in, 92 ; Sisal hemp cultiva- 

 tion, in, 170 



Ginning of cotton, 45 



Girardinia heterophylla, 130 



Gold Coast, banana fibre in, 166 ; 

 cotton growing in, 82 ; Hibis- 

 cus Sabdariffa (nama) fibre, 150 ; 

 H. squamosus fibre, 150; Mauri- 

 tius hemp experiments in, 1 84 ; 

 pineapple fibre from, 1 99; Sanse- 

 vieria guineensis fibre, 187 ; 

 Triumfetta cor di folia var. Hol- 

 landii fibre. 153 



Gomphocarpus brasiliensis, 213 



