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INDEX 



Decortication, 70 



,, of China Grass, 42, 73 



,, ,, Indian Aloe, 34 



,, ,, New Zealand Hemp, 



37, 79 



Decortication of Sisal Hemp, 79 

 ,, ,, Sunn Hemp, 31 



Degumming China Grass, 74 

 Denje Fibre, 68 

 Deora Jute, 3 

 Desi or Daisee Jute, 3, 4. 

 Deswal Jute, 3 

 Dew-retting Hemp, 18 

 Dew-retting Flax Straw, 56, 71, 96 

 Dorpat Flax Marks, 101 

 Dowrah Jute, 4, 5. 

 Dundee Jute trade, I, 6 

 Eagle Gin, 84 

 East Indian Hemp, 30 

 English Hemp, 9, 1 1 

 Esparto, 65, 66 



Favier Decorticating Machine, 82 

 Fertilizers for Hemp, 14 

 Fibre Extraction, 21, 27, 29, 31, 35, 



37, 42, 61 

 Fibre Percentages, 25, 29, 37, 61, 65, 



69 

 Flax " Breaker," 72 



,, Culture, 47, 59, 60 



,, Fibre under the Microscope, 89 



,, and Hemp " Break," 72 



,, in America, 63 



,, in Ireland, 51 



Plant, 46 



,, Scutch Mills, 61 



,, Seed, 60 

 Formation of an Aloe Plantation, 34 



,, ,, a Plantation of New 

 Zealand Hemp, 37 

 Furcroya gigantea, 33 

 Gambo Hemp, 65, 93 

 Germinating Power of Seed, 15 

 Ginning Cotton, 84 

 Government Bye-Laws Relating to 



New Zealand Hemp, 38, 39 

 Grassing Flax Straw, 54, 71 

 Hand-dressing Hemp, 19 



Harvesting Cotton, 83 



Flax, 47 



,, Hemp, 10, n, 16, 17, 18 

 ,, Jute, 2 

 Sisal, 23, 26 

 ,, Zapupe Fibre, 66 

 Heart Damage to Jute, 5 

 Hemp in America, II 



,, California, 12, 13 

 ,, France, 19 

 ,, Imports, 19 

 ,, Cultivation in Italy, 10 

 ,, the Philippines, 20 

 ,, Prices, 22, 40, 42, 45, 68 

 ,, Fibres under the Microscope, 

 19,90 

 Hemp Retting, 14 



,, in Nebraska, 12, 13 

 ,, ,, Kentucky, 12, 13 

 ,, Palm, 65 

 Plant, 9 

 Henequen, 2, 3, 69 

 Hibiscus cannabinus, 31, 65 

 History of Flax, 46 



,, Jute Industry, I 

 How to Distinguish Fibres, 103 

 Indian Jute, i 



,, Mallow, 65, 69 

 Injurious Action of Aloe Juice, 35 

 Irene Decorticating Machine, 82 

 Irish Flax, 59, 62 

 Isolation of Cellulose from Jute, 86 

 Istle or Istle Grass, 69 

 Italian Hemp, 9 

 Jangipure Jute, 4 

 Jubbulpore Hemp, 19, 31 

 Jute Fibre, 93 



in Bengal, 2, 6 

 Cultivation, 2 

 Exports, 7 

 Marks, 4 

 Runners, 5 

 Snipper, 6 

 Karimganji Jute, 4 

 Kentucky Single-dressed Hemp, 19 

 Double-dressed Hemp, 19 

 Knife Machine, 21 



