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Exhibited in this case is a tinder box and matches with CASK 

 tinder of burnt cotton rag. Such were in universal use 13. 

 throughout England before the invention of lucifers. 



A cotton plant from Georgia, mounted specimens of 

 cotton pods from China, Assam, Brazil and Cuba, and a 

 collection, of Indian Cotton in various stages of manufac- 

 ture are shown in special cases near Case 5. 



The total imports of raw cotton into the United King- 

 dom in 1005 amounted to 19,674,957 cwts. 



No. 72. Oil from cotton seeds, used extensively as a 

 substitute for Olive Oil, for soap-making, and oil-cake for 

 feeding cattle. The imports of cotton seed into the United 

 Kingdom in 1905 amounted to 568,928 tons. 



Tribe IV. Bomhaceae, Silk Cotton Trees. These 

 are nearly all tropical, some being of immense size, as the 

 Baobab, Monkey Bread or Monkey Tamarind {Adan- 

 sonia digitata, L.), native of Tropical Africa, cultivated 

 in India and Ceylon. The bark has been introduced for 

 making paper of which specimens are exhibited. Note 

 also cloth prepared by beating out the inner bark of the 

 tree. 



No. 73. Wood of the Baobab, together with fine 

 specimens of the gourd-like fruits which contain an 

 edible acid pulp. The fruits are used in India as floats 

 for fishing nets and bottles for holding water. Trunks 

 have been measured 30 feet in diameter. The wood is 

 light, soft, and of little use. 



Adansonia Gregorii^ F. Muell., is the AUSTRALIAN 

 Baobab or Gouty Stem Tree. To the aborigines it is 

 probably the most useful tree in Tropical Australia ; the 

 pulp of the fruit is eaten both without preparation and 

 after grinding and moistening. The kernels are slightly 

 baked. 



Observe SiLK COTTON or Semul, the silky covering > 



of the seeds of Bomhax fnalaharicum, DC, a large soft- 

 wooded tree of India, Burma, Java, &c. The wood is 

 used for toys, scabbards, tea boxes, &c., but is not durable. 

 Ropes are made from the fibrous bark and a gum called 

 MUCHERUS, employed in India in medicine, exudes from 

 the tree when the bark has been injured by decay or 

 insects. The Silk Cotton is used for stuffing cushions. 



