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Cellulose 



the usual way. The composition of these specimens was de- 

 termined as follows : 



Fibre grown in 189* Fibre grown in 1893 



C 43'0 43*5 



H . . . 6-1 



In further illustration of the results obtained in these ' artificial ' 

 cultivations of the fibre, we reproduce the various numerical 



