168 SOME OTHER USES OP LEAVES. 



tain and of species of Bauhinia take the place of paper in the ciga- 

 rettes smoked by the people of the Western Coast, while the leaves 

 of Cordia are nsed to cover Burmese cheroots. The dried leaves of 

 nim, Vitea; Negundo, and some others are used as insectifu^es. 

 Pine needles, digested in a solution of caustic soda, yield more 

 than 80 per cent, of their dry weight of a fine fibre (pine wool), 

 which is made into felt and is woven into cloth resembling wool- 

 len fabrics. 



