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seed producers in this climate, especially the 

 Chinese one. The variety which I produced 

 from Russia was the most slender, and also the 

 most dwarfed, so this had little to do with the 

 giant hemp which was produced. 



Paper made from -the fiber of the hemp is 

 found to be of good quality, and although not 

 generally used heretofore must dertainly be more 

 prized as other paper pulps become scarce. 



I mention this line of investigation here merely 

 to suggest the wide range of opportunities that 

 will become apparent for the plant developer 

 when he has learned to cooperate with workers in 

 the various industries. 



Hitherto we have been prone to take it for 

 granted that all the valuable textile plants have 

 been investigated and perfected. The newer 

 studies suggest that there is still boundless oppor- 

 tunity for progress, not only through the im- 

 provement of the plants that have been utilized, 

 but also through the introduction of species that 

 have been ignored or neglected. 



