INDEX 



237 



Gossypiunt, different species of, 10 

 Gossypium peruvianum, 69, 81 

 Grass-cloths, 129, 198 

 Grasses, 208, 209, 219, 220, 221, 



222 



Gratte, 182 



Grenada, cotton growing in, 94 



Gun-cotton, 16 



Hashish, 114 



Hedychium coronarium, 222 



Heliothis armiger, 38 



Hemp, 156 ; botanical source, 



113 ; breaking and scutching, 

 119; climate and soil, 114; 

 commercial varieties, 121 ; cul- 

 tivation, 115 ; harvesting, 115 ; 

 preparation, 116; prices, 121 ; 

 retting, 116 ; structure, proper- 

 ties, and uses, 121 ; use in paper 

 making, 216; where grown, 



114 ; world's production, ^20 ; 

 yield, 120 ; see also bowstring 

 hemp, Deccan hemp, Manila 

 hemp, Mauritius hemp, New 

 Zealand hemp, Sisal hemp, 

 Sunn hemp, Tampico hemp 



Hemp seed, 113 



" Henequen," 168 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus, 146; H. 

 cannabinus, 146 ; H. esculenlus, 

 146 ; H. guineensis 148 ; H. 

 lunariifolius, 148 ; H. quin- 

 quelobus, 149 ; H. rostellatus, 

 150; H. Sabdariffa, 150; H. 

 squamosus, 150 ; H. tiliaceus, 



J5 1 



Hindi cotton, 59 

 Hinganghat cotton, 67 

 Honckenya ficifolia, 151 

 Hulls of cotton seed, 13 

 Hydrolysis determination of fibres, 



5 



Ife hemp, 186 



Improved American Upland cot- 

 tons, 53 



India, coir exports from, 202 ; 

 cotton exports from, 63 . cotton 

 production in, 61 ; flax growing 

 in, in ; flosses of, 210, 213 ; 

 hemp cultivation in, 114 ; Hibis- 

 cus fibres of, 146 ; jute manu- 

 facturing industry, 1 4 1 ; j ute pro- 

 duction and exports, 139; kapok 

 production in, 210 ; kitool pro- 

 duction in, 207 ; Manila hemp 

 cultivation in, 156 ; nettle fibres 



of, 130 ; palmyra fibre in, 206 ; 

 ramie cultivation in, 124 ; San- 

 sevieria fibres of, 187 ; Sida 

 fibres of, 153 ; Sisal hemp cul- 

 tivation in, 169 ; Sunn hemp 

 cultivation in, 122; Urenalobata 

 fibre, 154 



Indian cotton, botanical source, 

 12 ; characters of, 51 ; im- 

 provement of, 64 ; prices, 75 ; 

 varieties, 66 



Indian mallow, 145 



Insect pests of cotton, 36 ; of 

 jute, 134 



Ireland, flax growing in, 108 



Istle,207 



Italian whisk, 208 



Jaggery palm, 207 



Jamaica, cotton exports from, 

 96 ; Sisal hemp in, 172 



Japan, cotton production in, 73 



Jari cotton, 65, 67 



Java, kapok cultivation in, 210 ; 

 pineapple fibre in, 198 



Jute, botanical characters, 131 ; 

 butts or cuttings, 137, 138 ; 

 characters, structure, and uses, 

 137 ; climate and soil, 132 ; 

 commercial varieties, 139 ; cul- 

 tivation, 133 ; cultivation in 

 India, 131, 139 ; cultivation in 

 West Africa, 142 ; extension of 

 cultivation, 142 ; harvesting, 

 135 ; manufacturing industry 

 in India and United Kingdom, 

 141 ; pests, 134 ; preparation 

 of fibre, 135 ; prices, 139 ; root- 

 ends, 137, 158 ; substitutes, 

 145 ; use in paper making, 216 ; 

 varieties, 131 ; see also West 

 African jute, China jute, Bim- 

 lipatam jute 



Kapok, 210; cultivation, 210; 

 imports into United Kingdom, 

 212 ; preparation and baling, 

 211 ; prices, 213 ; uses, 212 



Karunganni cotton, 65 



Khandesh cotton, 66 



Kidney cotton seed, 69 



Kitool, 207 



Konje hemp, 186 



Kowe fibre, 149 



Leaf -blister mite of cotton, 43 

 Leaf fibres, 2 

 Leafy cotton, 67 



