TEXTILE FIBERS AND FABRICS. 655 



The ultimate object of the collection represented by the foregoing 

 list is to afford a series of type specimens of textile fibers, to be used in 

 microscopical examinations, comparisons, etc. It will be seen that the 

 list already embraces a large number of valuable types for thispurpose. 

 Mingled with these, however, purely for the temporary convenience of 

 the curator, there are, at present, a number of specimens, representing 

 much larger ones in the reserve and exhibition series, which have not 

 been accurately determined and are awaiting further study. Hence in 

 some cases only common or vernacular names are given in the list, the 

 botanical names not being known. 



In all cases the numbers in the margin are the regular Museum 

 register numbers of the same fibers in the reserve or exhibition series. 



