INDEX. 



Acreage under Flax in Ireland, 62 

 Agave, 31 



,, Americana^ 33, 35 



,, agustifolia, 33 



,, merrisif 33 



vivapara, 33, 34 



,, riida elongata, 23 



,, ,, stsa/ana, 23 



,, ixtli, 69 

 Allahabad Hemp, 19, 31 

 Aloe, 33, 92 



,, Juice (corrosive action), 35 

 Alfa, 66 



Ambari, 31, 65, 93 

 American Hemp, n 



Flax, 63 

 Analytical Composition of Flax Fibre, 



85 



Andrew Decorticating Machine, 82 

 Anjou Hemp, 19 



Aquilla Decorticating Machine, 82 

 Aramina, 69 

 Archangel Flax, 101 

 Average Jute Crop, I 

 ,, yield of Jute, 2, 3 

 ,, ,, per acre of Hemp, 19 



Bad Roots (Jute), 5 

 Bakrabadi Jute, 4 

 Bhatall Jute, 4 

 Bobbins of Russian Flax, 98 

 Boehmeria neria, 41 



,, tenacissima, 41 



Bologna Hemp, 9 

 Bombay Hemp, 19, 31 

 Bourgogne Hemp, 19 

 Bow-string Hemp, 69, 106 

 Boyle's Degumming Process for Ramie, 



43, 73 

 " Breaking " Hemp Straw, 18 



Bromdia sylvestris, 69 

 Broom Rape, 15 

 Calcutta Jute Mills, 7, 8 



,, ,, Trade, i, 5, 7 

 Cannabis saliva, 9 

 Cellulose from Jute (isolation of), 86 

 Chamcerops excelsa, 65 

 Chemical Analysis of Italian Hemp, 87 

 ,, Composition of Manila 

 Hemp, 87 

 Chemical Composition of New Zealand 



and Sunn Hemps, 87 

 Chemical Characteristics of the Cordage 



Fibres, 85 



Chemical Degumming, 19 

 Retting, 75 



,, Treatment of China Grass, 43 

 Chinese Jute, 65 

 China Grass, 41 

 Cleaning Hemp, n 

 Clotolaria juncea, 30 

 Cogolla, 23 

 Coir, 45, 92 

 Conditions of Sales F.O.B., C. and F., 



C.I.F., &c., 100 



Cordage Fibre of Queensland, 105 

 Cost of Flax Production, 60, 62, 63 

 Cotton, 83, 93 



,, Cultivation, 83 

 ,, Gins, 84 

 Courtrai Flax Industry and Methods, 



48, 49, 50, 71 

 Cultivation of Bombay Hemp, 31 



,, Ramie and Rhea, 41, 42 



,, Sisal Hemp, 25, 106 



,, Sunn Hemp, 30 

 ,, Zapupe Fibre, 66 

 Daiseejute, 3, 4 

 Decorticating machines, 8r 



