ILLUSTRATIONS. 



No.- Page 



1 Common flax . . . . . . .7 



2 Flax-breaking . . . . . . .15 



3 Siberian flax . . * 21 



4 Cotton .31 



5 Cotton ; showing a pod bursting . . . .32 



6 Tree cotton . . . . . . -34 



7 Shrubby cotton . . . . .36 



8 Silk cotton tree 37 



9 Spanish broom . .* * . . . . .51 



10 Syrian doo--bane . . * 53 



11 Hemp 73 



12 Sunn . ' . ' .'...* , ' . . .89 



13 New Zealand flax .-.'.' . . .96 



14 Bromeli'a acanga . . . .' . ^ . . .104 



15 Sharp rush .'. .. . ^ . . .117 



16 Hard rush . . . . . . .118 



17 Soft rus-h 119 



18 Lime or linden tree . . * . . . 122 



19 Cane , '... .. . *, 124 



20 Bamboo . . . ' j. 127 



21 Fan palm 145 



22 Crested dog's-tail grass 165 



23 Common mat grass . . . . . .165 



24 The teazle 175 



25 Oak 179 



26 Mangrove, (with the seeds germinating on the branches) 187 



27 Olive 195 



28 Rape 205 



29 Sesamum . 215 



30 Arachisnut 217 



31 Elseis guineensis, and Cocos butyracea . . . 223 



32 Cocoa-nut 225 



33 Birch .234 



34 Virginia myrtle 243 



35 Carnauba 250 



36 Prickly salt-wort ....... 259 



37 Salsolasoda ... ... 261 



38 Barilla ,262 



