INDEX. 



ABROMA, 12. 

 Adam's needle, 69. 

 Agave, 3. 

 Aloe, American, 4|. 



bastard, 5. 

 Aquatic grass, 6. 

 Arree or Bun Raj, 5. 

 Asbestos fibre, 227, 228. 



BAXAXA, Abyssinian. 

 Ban Ochra, or Toja fibres, 6. 

 Bauhin (Caspar), 6. 

 Belfast Ropework Company, 38. 

 Biguonia, 2. 

 Boombi, 6. 

 Broom, Spanish, 8. 

 Brush and mat fibres 

 Animal bristles, 162-165. 

 badger hair.-, 1 62. 

 bear, Syrian. 163. 

 goat, hairs of, 141. 

 hog bristles, 163. 

 sable, used by painters and 



designers, 164. 

 species used, 165. 

 squirrel, Calabar, 164. 

 Arenga, 141. 

 Bahia piassava, 143. 

 discovery of, 143. 

 prices, 143. 



pulling strain of fibres, 144. 

 Bamboo, articles made from, 144. 

 Bass, Madagascar, 145. 



breaking strain and quality, 147. 

 monkey, 145. 

 piassava, 146. 

 West African, 147. 

 "Bastone and Firminger," London, 



160. 



Bassine or Palmyra fibres, 149. 

 besom stuff or ling, 150. 

 birch brooms, 141. 



Brush and mat fibres continued. 



Brierly, Ben, 151. 



bristle world, 151. 



broom root, 151. 



brushes, list of, in constant use, 142. 



Cape bass, 148. 

 selling prices, 149. 



Chevaux de frise, 148. 



Chiendent, 151. 



coir fibres, 151. 



kitool (bristle) fibre, 154. 

 strength of fibres, 155. 



"Paille-de Sorgho," 160. 



Palma fibre or jute, 158. 



Palmyra, 149. 



Proserpina, 151. 



Shaw, Mr George, 160. 



straw hats, 159. 

 Brush and mat materials 



dwarf fan palm, 158. 



French whisk, 151. 



gahoon, a variety of pi;issav;i, 15 J. 



Gothic structure of ling, 151. 



heath or ling, 150. 



heather bells, 151. 



Mexican fibre or istle, J55. 



Mexican whisk, 157. 



millet, Indian, 158. 



Ruskin, on ling, 151. 



uva grass, 158. 



for straw hats, 160. 



vegetal (crin), 158. 

 hair, 158. 



Victoria regia house, 119. 



Vonit.ni, 145. 



West. African or Cape Bass, 148. 



whisk, Italian or millet, 158. 



wine palm, 148. 

 Buaze fibre, 8. 

 Bulrush, 10. 

 Bun Raj, 5. 

 Butterworth, John, 3. 



