VI CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Bromelia ........ 104 



Bowstring creeper ..... 107 



Calooee "if " . 107 



Maho-tree 108 



Ejoo 109 



Coir 109 



Barks of various trees . .112 



Esparto . .113 



Other fibres 114 



CHAPTER VII. 



Materials used for matting and basket-making, &c. 



Rushes 116 



Bark of the linden-tree . . . . . .121 



Osiers . 123 



Canes 124 



Bamboo V . . . . . . 126 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Materials used for paper. 



Papyrus 129 



Cotton, linen, &c. . . . . . 139 



Mulberry-tree . .... . . -.141 



Bamboo . -> . . ; V ; i . . 142 



Talipot-tree 144 



Materials used in various countries .... 146 



Bark of various trees . . . . . .149 



Stalks of various plants . . . . . . 149 



Various substances . . . . . .150 



Straw . ...'.;. 152 



Liquorice root . . . . . . .153 



Husks of Indian com ' ," . . . . .153 



Moss . ; i ' -. .X*. Mt&i - - - 154 



CHAPTER IX. 



Materials used in straw plat. 



Spelt corn . . . . V . . .157 



Rye grass . . ,,,.,.. . .159 



Tickle-moth grass 162 



English grasses . . . . . .163 



Other grasses . . . . . * . 164 



Chips of wood . . . 9 . ;"> -,?: . 1G6 



