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URTICACE X. 
Cannabis sativa, L.—Kwaso bark made into rope to form the soles 
for sandals ; also samples of rope of various sizes. 
Broussonetia papyrifera, Vent.—Circular mats or seats made of 
paper prepared from the bark of this plant, for summer use. wl 
made of paper and lacquered ; also threads of paper covered with giuten, 
used by Japanese ladies for dressing the hair. 
Morus alba, L.—'Trays made of the wood. The wood is brownish- 
yellow, hard, and used for turnery, dyeing, &c.; the tark is made irto 
paper. 
JUGLANDEJ. 
Pterocarya rhoifolia, S. & Z.—Box and trays niade of the wood. 
CuPULIFER®. 
Betula Maximowiczii, pe —Sample of bark used for making 
baskets and basket made of sa 
Alnus firma, S. &. 7 LOPtamentid box of the wood with carved lid. 
The wood is used for sledges, mills, machinery, turnery, 
Quercus crispula, Bl.-—Getta or sabots of the wood of Paulownia 
imperialis, S. & Z., with uprights of the wood of this species of oak, 
which is also used in the construction of canoes, and for charcoal. 
SALICINEZ. 
Salix multinervis, Fr. & Sav.—Lunch basket formed of the twigs. 
Larger baskets are made for use in travelling. 
CONIFERS. 
Chamecy yparis obtusa, S. & Z. [Thuja obtusa, Mast.]—Mats m 
of shavings. ie wood is used for building purposes, stipuilding, 
bridges, &c. The bark is used as shingles for the roofing of hou 
junks 
Cryptom neria japonica, Don.— Box with carved lid made of the wood ; 
also specimen of the semi-fossilized wood found on a hill hear Sendai, 
where itis known as * Jindaisugi. iou i 
being of excellent workmanship. The w ood o f C. japonica, is very 
— meto in Japan for heavy work, the bark being used 
for roofin 
An noone addition to the Museum collections forming part of 
the present donation consists of very small glazed earthen pots for 
holding artificially dwarfed pines and ‘other plants. 
CYCADACEJE. 
e yeas paea Thunb.—Hat made of the leayes. This is ingeniously 
; the leaf itself is used, the petiole forming the 
Sivek of the dei the pinnz being interwoven. 
PALMA. 
Trachycarpus excelsus, Wendl. eee excelsa, Thunb. |—Fibre 
obtained from the sheathing base of the leaves of this palm; also ropes, 
mats, and brushes manufactured from the fibre. This palm is known as 
the Chinese Hemp palm ; Pope of the varied application of its fibre 
are already in the Museum collectio: 
