INDEX 



239 



rhombifolia fibre, 153 ; sisal 

 hemp in, 171 ; Triumfetta rhom- 

 boidea fibre, 154 

 Nyasaland Upland cotton, 93 



Ochroma Lagopus, 213 

 Oil-cake, cotton-seed, 13 

 Oil-palm fibre, 197 

 Ojakoko fibre, 187 

 Okra fibre, 146 

 Oomras cotton, 66 

 Orobanche ramosa, 115 

 Oxycarenus spp., 42 

 Ozonium sp., 35 



Palms, 197, 200, 204, 205, 206, 207, 



213, 214 



Palmyra fibre, 206 

 Paper-making materials, 3, 129, 



179, 200, 215 

 Paper mulberry, 221 

 Papua, cotton growing in, 97 ; 



Sisal hemp in, 171 

 Papyrus, use in paper making, 222 

 Para piassava, 204 

 Peat, use as a paper-making 



material, 221 

 Pectocelluloses, 4 

 Pennisetum purpureum, 222 

 Peru, cotton production in, 69 

 Peruvian cotton, botanical source, 



12 ; prices, 75 ; varieties and 



uses, 69 

 Philippines, kapok cultivation in, 



210; " Maguey " fibre in, 163, 



167, 170; Manila hemp in, 156 ; 



pineapple fibre in, 198 ; Sisal 



hemp in, 170 

 Phor mium tenax, 187 

 Piassava, 204 ; Piassava, Bahia, 



204 ; Piassava, Madagascar, 



204 ; Piassava, Para, 204 ; 



Piassava, West African, 205 

 Pineapple, cultivation, 198 ; fibre, 



198 



Pink boll-worm, 39 

 Pita fibre, 169 

 Plantain fibre, 164 

 Potepo fibre, 151 

 Price-Campbell cotton-p i c k i n g 



machine, 22 

 Prodenia litura, 41 



Queensland, cotton growing in, 97 ; 



Sisal hemp in, 172 

 Quondi cotton, 86 



Raffia, 214 



Rags, use in paper making, 216 



Rama (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) fibre, 

 150 



Rama (Urena sinuata) fibre, 155 



Ramie, botanical characters, 124 ; 

 character and uses of fibre, 128 ; 

 cultivation, 125 ; cultivation 

 in China, 125 ; cultivation in 

 India, 125 ; cultivation in 

 Sierra Leone, 129 ; cultivation 

 in United States, 125 ; prepara- 

 tion of fibre, 126 ; prices, 129 ; 

 use in paper making, 216; 

 varieties, 124 ; yield, 128 



Ramma fibre, 148 



Ramo fibre, 148 



Ramularia areola, 35 



Raphia Hookeri, 205 



Raphia Ruffta, 215 



Raphia vinifera, 205, 215 



Raspador, 168, 175 



Red leaf blight of cotton, 33 



Reeserand Mackenzie fibre-testing 

 machine, 8 



Retting of flax, 102 ; of hemp, 

 116 ; of jute, 135 ; sunn hemp, 

 123 



Rhea, 124 



Rhodesia, cotton growing in, 97 ; 

 Sisal hemp experiments in, 172 



Rippling of flax, 102 



Roller-gins, 46 



Root rot of cotton, 35 



Rope, use in paper making, 216 



Russia, Asiatic, cotton production 

 in, 71 



St. Helena, New Zealand hemp 



cultivation in, 195 

 St. Kitts, cotton growing in, 95 

 St. Lucia, cotton exports from, 96 

 St. Vincent, cotton growing in, 95 

 Sakellaridis cotton, 59 

 Salems cotton, 68 

 San hemp, 122 

 Sansevieria cylindrica, 186 

 Sansevieria Ehrenbergii, 185, 186 

 Sansevieria guineensis, 185, 186 

 Sansevieria Roxburghiana, 187 

 Sansevieria Stuckyi, 186 

 Sansevieria sulcata, 186 

 Sansevieria Volkensis, 186 

 Sansevieria zeylanica, 187 

 Sarsaparilla, wild, 179 

 Saw-gin, 46 

 Scarto, 13 * 

 Schenk process of flax retting, 104 



