INDEX 



Leeward Islands, cotton growing 



in, 95 



Legrand process of flax retting, 105 

 Leguminosae, 122 

 Leopoldinia Piassaba, 204 

 Lignocelluloses, 4 

 Liliaceas, 185, 187 

 Linaceae, 98 

 Linseed, 98 

 Lint, 12 

 Linters, 13 



Linum usitatissimum, 98 

 Locusts, 43 



Long-stapled cottons, 14 

 Long-stapled Upland cottons, 53 



Macarthy gin, 47 



Madagascar, exports of raffia, 215 ; 

 piassava from, 204 



Maguey fibre, 163, 167, 170 



Malay Archipelago, rhea cultiva- 

 tion in, 124 



Malta, cotton growing in, 96 



Malvaceae, 10, 145, 153, 154 



Manila hemp, botanical charac- 

 ters, 157 ; cultivation, 157 ; 

 grading, 161 ; harvesting, 159 ; 

 imports into United Kingdom, 

 163 ; preparation of fibre, 159 ; 

 prices, 162, 163 ; production 

 and export, 162 ; properties, 

 structure, and uses of fibre, 160 ; 

 regions of cultivation, 156 ; 

 use in paper-making, 216 ; 

 yield, 160 



Marie Galante cotton, 94 



Marram grass, use in paper mak- 

 ing, 222 



Mat fibres, 3, 200 



Mauritius hemp, 181 



Mauritius, Sisal hemp cultivation 

 in, 172 



Medium-stapled cottons, 14 



Megasse, use in paper making, 

 221 



Melampsora lini, 101 



Mercerisation of cotton, 16 



Mexican cotton, botanical source, 

 ii 



Mexican fibre, 207 



Mexico, cotton production in, 71 ; 

 Sisal hemp cultivation in, 167 



Microscopical examination of 

 fibres, 3 



Mitafifi cotton, 58, 69, 88 



Monkey bread tree, 221 



Moraceae, 113 



Mosaic disease of cotton, 33 



Murva fibre, 187 

 Musa Ensete, 165 

 Musa Livingstoniana, 164 

 Musa spp., 164 

 Musatextilis, 157 

 Musa ulugurensis, 165 



Na fen fe fibre, 154 



Nagar cotton, 66 



Napunti fibre, 151 



Nassim fibre, 149 



Natal, Furcrceagiganteain, 184 



Neocosmospora vasinfecta, 34 



Nesseltuch, 130 



Nettle-cloth, 130 



Nettle fibres, 130 



New South Wales, broom corn 

 cultivation in, 208 



New Zealand flax, 187 



New Zealand hemp, botanical 

 source, 187 ; characters, pro- 

 perties, and uses of the fibre, 

 192 ; cost of production, 191 ; 

 cultivation, 188 ; cultivation 

 in the Azores, 196 ; cultivation 

 in St. Helena, 195 ; cultivation 

 in Scotland, 197 ; exports, 192, 

 194 ; geographical distribution, 

 1 88 ; Government bonuses for 

 machinery, etc., 193 ; grading, 

 193; harvesting, 189; prepara- 

 tion of fibre, 190 ; prices, 195 ; 

 production, 192 ; use in paper 

 making, 216 ; yield, 191 



Nigeria, Hibiscus fibres of, 146 ; 

 Mauritius hemp experiments in, 

 184 ; piassava exports, 206 



Nigeria, Northern Provinces, 

 cotton growing in, 80 ; Hibiscus 

 lunarii/olius (ramma) fibre, 148 ; 

 H. Sabdariffa (rama) fibre, 

 150; jute growing in, 144; 

 Urena sinuata fibre, 155 



Nigeria, Southern Provinces, 

 banana fibre of, 165 ; cotton 

 growing in, 78 ; Hibiscus escu- 

 lentus fibre, 148 ; H. guineensis 

 (ramo) fibre, 148 ; jute growing 

 in, 144 ; Sansevieria guineensis 

 fibre, 187 



Nilgiri nettle, 130 



Nitration of fibres, 5 



Nitrocellulose, 16 



Northerns cotton, 65, 68 



Nubari cotton, 58 



Nyasaland, broom corn fibre in 

 208 ; cotton growing in, 93 ; 

 Furcrcea gigantea in, 184 ; Sida 



