LIST OF SPECIMENS OF TEXTILE FIBERS AND FABRICS IN THE REF- 

 ERENCE SERIES OF THE SECTION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES OF 

 THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, JUNE 30, 1886, 



By Eomyn Hitchcock. 



7011. 

 7008. 

 7009. 

 7010. 

 7112. 



6881. 



6998. 



7027. 

 15333. 



5327. 



7842. 

 6970. 

 21070. 

 5335. 

 7977. 

 7940. 

 7115. 



7456. 



7154. 



7502. 

 7022. 

 5133. 

 5338. 

 7972. 

 7819. 

 7820. 

 7821. 

 75(50. 

 7330. 

 5315. 



Abutilon avicenncc, Missouri. 



Abutilon Bedfordianum, Australia. 



Abutilon mollis, Australia. 



Abutilon oxycarpum, Australia. 



Acer cratoegifolium, Urina no 

 kawa. 



Acrocomia sclcrocarpa, Coco de ca- 

 tarrho, Brazil. 



Adam's Needle, Yucca aloifolia, 

 Australia. 



African hemp. 



Agave sp. Costa Rica Indians, Dis- 

 trict of Talamanca. 



> Agave Americana. 



Agave Americana, Nicaragua. 

 Agave dcserti, Southern California. 



> Agave Jceratto, Jamaica. 



Agave lechuguill a, Mexico. 



Aiso, Urtica Thunbergiana. 

 ' Algodon sylvestris (down), Yng- 



han, Argentine Republic. 

 ' Aloe, American. {See Agave.) 



Alpaca wool. 



Ampelodesma tenax, Diss, Genoa. 



Ananassa saliva, pineapple. 



Ananassa saliva, pineapple, China, 

 i Ananassa saliva, pineapple, Ja- 

 l maica. 



f Angora wool, Argentine Repub- 

 S lie 



Angora wool (fabric), Kentucky. 

 Angora wool, Maryland. 

 Anono Colorado (bark), San Fran- 

 cisco. 



| 7555. 



7025. 

 7024. 

 7078. 

 7001. 



7003. 



7338. 

 6999. 

 6560. 



7000. 



7002. 

 7487. 

 6875. 

 6873. 

 7565. 



7015, 

 7016. 

 5341. 

 7974. 

 7337. 

 5021. 



5001. 



5188. 



7082. 

 7083. 

 7084. 

 7116. 

 7630. 

 7131. 

 7632. 



AnlherccemyliUa (cocoons), Tusscr 

 silk, India. 



Apocynum sp. (fiber), Minnesota. 



Apocynum sp. (rope), Utah. 



Arum peniculaceum. 



Asclepias (fiber), United States. 



Asclepias (fiber), Cipo lactecente, 

 Brazil. 



Asclepias (fiber) milkweed, Iowa. 



Asclepias (down), Tripoli. 



Asclepias (down), vegetable silk, 

 India. 



Asclepias (stalk and fiber), United 

 States. 



Asclepias and cotton (fabric). 



Asclepias cornuli, New Jersey. 

 ) Astrocar yum vulgar c, tucum, Bra- 

 5 zil. 



Bagasse, sugar cane, New Or- 

 leans. 



? Banana, Musa sapientum. 



> Banana, Musa sapientum, Jamaica. 



Banana and silk (fabric). 



Bark, used for cords, Pai Ute In- 

 dians. 



Bark used for ropes, San Domingo. 



Bctula Bhojpattra (bark), East In- 

 dies. 



f Boalimeria nivea, China grass. 



Bcclimeria nivea, France. 



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