510. 
Git. 
512. 
513. 
54. 
515. 
516. 
517. 
518. 
519. 
520. 
21. 
522. 
523. 
524. 
525. 
526. 
527. 
528. 
529. 
530. 
531. 
532. 
533: 
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Sisal spun yarn.—Made from the preceding. Presented by Travers Bros., of 
New York. 
Sisal binder twine. Binder twine made from the preceding. Same donor. 
Sisal rope, 44 inch diameter. Made from the same. Same donors. 
Ixtle sisal leaves—The leaves of A. Ixtle Karw. Native and cultivated in 
Central America. Deposited by Columbia University. 
Ixtle sisal fiber—Fiber from the preceding. Presented by Hugo Brussel & 
Co., New York City. 
Agave Schottii leaves.—The leaves of Agave Schottii Engelmann. Native 
of the southwestern United States. Collected in Arizona, in 1881, by 
C. G. Pringle. 
Jaumave Ixtle sisal—From the leaves of Agave lophanthus Schiede. Native 
of Mexico. Used in the making of cheap grades of cordage and for mixing 
with other kinds of sisal. From Tamaulipas, Mexico, through the U. S. 
Dept. of Agriculture. 
Pulque maguey fiber—From the leaves of Agave atrovirens Karw. Native 
and largely cultivated in Mexico. Obtained at Serma, Mexico, in 1901, 
by J. N. Rose. 
Agave rope.—From the leaf-fiber of Agave Lechiguilla Torrey. Native of 
the southwestern United States and Mexico. Obtained at Langtry, Texas, 
by W. H. Dodd. 
Letchuguilla rope——Made of the leaf-fiber of Agave heteracantha Zucc. 
Native of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Obtained by J. S. 
Newberry. 
Bag made from the preceding. Same donor. 
Maguey fiber.—The leaf-fiber of Agave cantula Roxb. From the Philippine 
Islands. Presented by Theodore Miiller. 
Mexican spindle, used in twisting Agave fiber. Presented by J. N. Rose. 
Guatemala pita fiber.—The leaf-fiber of a Guatemalan species of Agave. 
From the Philadelphia Museums. 
Mexican maguey fiber—From a Mexican species of Agave. Same donor. 
Haytien sisal.—The leaf-fiber of a Haytien species of Agave. Presented by 
Hugo Brussel & Co., of New York City. 
White Haitien sisal. Same source and donor. 
Bahama sisal fiber. Obtained in the Bahama Islands and presented by Miss 
Harriet L. Britton. 
Tula or Central American sisal. Presented by Hugo Brussel & Co., of New 
York City. 
Maguey rope fiber.—Rope made of Maguey fiber in Sonora, Mexico. Pre- 
sented by D. T. MacDougal in 1902. 
Sisal rope.—Made of sisal fiber at Long Cay, Bahama Islands. Presented by 
Mrs. N. L. Britton, in 1904. 
Bag made of the leaf-fiber of a species of Agave. Obtained in Mexico and 
presented by J. N. Rose. 
A fine bag made of the same in the Department of Tolima, Colombia. Pre- 
sented by F. S. Alexander, of New York City. 
Colombian alpagates.—Sandals made from the leaf-fiber of a species of Agave, 
at Tolima, Colombia. Same donor. 
