CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. -INDIAN JUTE i 



CHAPTER II. SOFT HEMP 9 



CHAPTER III. MANILLA HEMP 20 



CHAPTER IV. SISAL HEMP 23 



CHAPTER V. EAST INDIAN HEMP 30 



CHAPTER VI. ALOE AND AGAVE FIBRE 33 



CHAPTER VI T.NEW ZEALAND HEMP ... ' 36 



CHAPTER VIII. RAMIE, RHEA AND CHINA GRASS 41 



CHAPTER IX. COIR 45 



CHAPTER X.-FLAX .../ 46 



CHAPTER XI. SOME OF THE LESSER-KNOWN CORDAGE FIBRES 65 



CHAPTER XII. DECORTICATION 7 



CHAPTER XIII. -COTTON 83 



CHAPTER XIV. CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORDAGE 



FIBRES 85 



CHAPTER XV. PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE VEGETABLE 



FIBRES AS SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 89 



APPENDIX. 



I. THE RUSSIAN FLAX TRADE 95 



II. How TO DISTINGUISH ONE FIBRE FROM ANOTHER IN ALL 



STAGES OF THEIR MANUFACTURE 103 



III. THE CORDAGE FIBRES OF QUEENSLAND 105 



INDEX. 



