viii ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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34. Filasse fibres (slivers), ....... 54 



35. Ramie fibres ( in agn.), ....... 55 



36. Screw Pine (Pandanus utilis), ...... 59 



37. Sisal hemp plant (Agave rigida), ...... 60 



38. Sisal rope strand, ........ 61 



39. Sisal hemp (fibres and yarn), ...... 63 



40. Capsule of Wool tree (Ochroma Lagopus), .... 67 



41. Seeds of the Wool tree, ....... 68 



42. Yucatan hemp (Agave rigida}, ...... 69 



43. Adam's Needle ( Yucca gloriosa), . . . . . .70 



44. Silky fibres of Mudar (Calotropis gigantea), . . . .72 



45. Fibres of the Mudar (magn.), ...... 73 



46. Capsules of Red Cotton Silk (Bombax malabaricum), . . .76 



47. Flossy fibres of Red Cotton Silk, ...... 76 



48. Fibres of Red Cotton Silk (magn.), ..... 77 



49. Silk grass plant (Furcrea cubensis), . . . 78 



50. Seedling cotton plant (Gossypium), . . . . .80 



51. Leaf of cotton plant, ....... 81 



52. Pollen grains of cotton plant (magn.), ..... 82 

 63. Capsules of cotton plant, . . . . . . .82 



54. Pods and seeds of Australian cotton, . . . . .83 



55. Pods and seeds of Indian cotton, ...... 83 



56. Twig from American cotton plant, ..... 84 



57. Unusually large cotton capsules, ...... 85 



58. Section of a cotton seed-pod, ...... 85 



59. Fibres from an immature cotton seed capsule, . . . .85 



60. American cotton seeds with fibres, . . . . .86 



61. Brazilian seed cotton, . . . . . .87 



62. Brown Egyptian seed cotton, . . . . . .88 



63. Cotton fibres (magn.), ....... 89 



64. Sea Island cotton seed fibres, ...... 90 



65. Mercerised yarn, ........ 92 



66. Mercerised yarn spread out, ...... 93 



67. Unopened capsules, ....... 100 



68. Neps(magu.), ........ 102 



69. Brown Egyptian cotton heavily charged with seeds, . . . 104 



70. Compressed cotton, . . . . . . .109 



71. Cotton layers from an American bale, . . . . .113 



72. Opened and over-scutched cotton, . . . . .114 



73. Lap of Brown Egyptian cotton, ...... 114 



74. Cotton droppings, . . . . . . . .115 



75. (fatty), .116 



76. Cotton sliver (combed), . . . . . . .117 



77. Long-stapled fibres, . . . . . . .117 



78. Example of a good sliver, . . . . . . .118 



79. Slubbings, . . . . . . . .119 



80. Strands of two Slubbings, . . . . . .120 



81. Roving strands, . . . . . . . .121 



82. Spinning- room and self-acting mule, . . . . .122 



83. A weft skipful of cops, . . . . . . .123 



84. A fancy doubled yarn, . ..... 124 



85. Ordinary white weft yarn (spotted), . . . . .125 



