CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page 

 SUBSTANCES more peculiarly applied to weaving. 



Flax .1 



CHAPTER II. 



The same subject continued. 

 Cotton 



CHAPTER III. 



Filaments applicable to spinning and weaving. 



Spartum . . . . . . . . r . 50 



Asclepias . . . . . .' . . 52 



Hop-bine ,,-.*;*:,:.>* . . . . .54 



Nettle . V .:;<* . . . . .56 



Bean-stalk . . ' ,.' *.'.. . .58 



Mallow . . . . .""'.. . .58 



Bark and shoots of mulberry . . . . .58 



Otaheitaii cloth . . .."." .59 



CHAPTER IV. 



Fibres applicable lo cordage. 



Hemp . '*'' . * * .,* . * . . . . 63 



CHAPTER V. 



The same subject continued. 



Sunn . . . . .'.'''' .87 



Paat . . . . / .' . '. . . . .92 



Chinese hemp . . .- . . . . 94 



New Zealand flax and grass , f t , ,95 



CHAPTKE VI, 



The saniB subject continued, 



Agave Americana . . . , 100 

 Other species of agave . . * , 102 



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