IMPERIAL INSTITUTE SERIES OF HAND- 

 BOOKS TO THE COMMERCIAL RESOURCES 

 OF THE TROPICS 



COTTON AND OTHER 

 VEGETABLE FIBRES 



Their Production and Utilisation 

 By ERNEST GOULDING, D.Sc. (Lend. ),F. I.e. 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT 

 IMPERIAL INSTITUTE 



Second Edition. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net 



CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION COTTON COTTON PRO- 

 DUCTION IN THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES, AND THE CHIEF 

 COMMERCIAL VARIETIES COTTON GROWING IN BRITISH 

 WEST AFRICA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BRITISH EM- 

 PIREFLAX, HEMP AND RAMIE JUTE AND SIMILAR 

 FIBRES CORDAGE FIBRES MISCELLANEOUS FIBRES 

 (CoiR, PIASSAVA, PALMYRA, FLOSSES OR SILK COTTONS, 

 RAFFIA OR BASS, PAPER-MAKING MATERIALS, ETC.) 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



" A good, useful book for all and every fibre man." 



Tropical Life. 



" It should prove of immense utility to those concerned 

 in the various textile industries." Ceylon Observer. 



" The book contains a mass of information which should 

 prove useful to all users of fibres." Asiatic Review. 



" Gives in a very handy form a summary of the position 

 and prospects of the world's production and utilisation of 

 fibres. . . . Gives an excellent description of the cotton 

 plant and its products." Journal of the Society of Arts. 



"It materially assists the general reader to form an idea 

 of the available resources for fibre production, and of the 

 principal factors, favourable or otherwise, which dominate 

 the situation." The Textile Manufacturer \ 



