LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 



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1. Seeds of winged Bignonia (nat. size), ... 2 



2. Agave Americana (young), .... 5 



3. Sanseviera Zeylanica, ..... 7 



4. Reed mace, .... 9 



5. Flowers of bulrush, .... 10 



6. Flax seedling, ...... lg 



7. Mountain flax, Linum catharticum, . 17 



8. Mummy cloth made from flax, ... 18 



9. Flax fibres (magn.), ..".'.'; 18 



10. Goatsbeard ; plumed seeds and stalk, . . 20 



11. Hemp seedling, ...... 22 



12. Hemp plant, mature female, . . 23 



13. Hemp fibres (magn.), .... 23 



14. Hanks of Italian hemp, .... 24 



15. Hanks of Russian hemp, .... 25 



16. Jute fibres, ... 28 

 J 7. ,i (magn.), .,.... 29 



18. Lace bark, ........ 30 



19. ,, ,, (magn.), ....... 31 



20. Bast of Lime tree, ..... 32 



21. Loopha, ...... 34 



22. ,, cut through longitudinally, ..... 35 



23. Hanks of Manila fibre, . . . . . . .38 



24. Manila hemp fibre (magn.), .... 38 



25. New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), ... 39 



26. Stinging hairs of nettle (magii. ), .... 41 



27. Ramie or China grass (Boehmeria nivea], . ... . .47 



28. Leaf of ramie, ..... 48 



29. Ramie plant (Boehmeria nivea, var. tenacissima), . . .49 



30. Ramie fibres, ....... 50 



31. Filasse fibres, ...... 51 



32. '. 52 



33. ,, ,, (combed), ... . 53 



