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ofthe right hand. - They do this very quickly, and it looks very easy, 
but it is not, for when I tried to do it, the threads broke. When they 
have spun a sufficient quantity of thread, the men choose a flat spot, and 
place forked sticks about 3 feet high, 40 feet apart, forming three -sides 
of a square, each side being about 150 feet long; the threads are then 
run from one end to the other, and returned, until there are sufficient 
rows of thread to be woven into a strip of cotton 6 inches broad. 
These rolls of thread, 450 feet in length, are now handed over to the 
owner of the little machine, who so arranges them on two little frames, 
each about 6 inches wide, that every alternate thread is fastened to a 
wire of cne or the other of the frames. These frames are then set in 
motion by the workman's foot, and either raise or lower every alternate 
thread at every stroke. The workman then tosses his shuttle of thread 
from one hand to the other between the rows of thread. By these 
means the cross threads are interwoven amongst the long ones, and to 
press them tightly together, a third little frame, with wires separating 
the long threads, is pressed against the cross threads. It is difficult to 
‘describe this native machine, which should be seen to be appreciated. 
These strips of cotton are then sewn into long broad pieces which are 
called “pagns.”  * 
J. H. OZANNE. 
CCCXCII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Albert Linney, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal 
Gardens, has been appointed gardener for Government House, in thé 
Falkland Islands. 
Mr. Walter E. Broadway, formerly a member of the gardening staff 
of the Royal Gardens, Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Botanical 
pry ser rinidad, has been appointed Curator of the Botanical Garden 
at Grenada. 
Vaccinium  hirsutum.—This rare and interesting shrub is now 
flowering freely in the Kew Arboretum. It is a low-growing bush with 
hairy stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits, The flowers are greenish-white 
editors of Garden and Forest is given by Professor C. S. Sargent 
119). The Kew plants 
floriferous than the one which flowered in the Arnold Arboretum and 
from which the figure in Garden and Forest was prepared. 
Rubus lasiostylus.— This Chinese species, introduced to cultivation 
through Dr. Henry, is now flowering in the Rubus collection at Kew. 
It is a distinct plant with pinnate leaves, green above and whiti 
nelow, and flowers with rosy-purple petals shorter than the long sepals, — 
. d : : : r 
Ni x y-purple petals 
and with hairy styles. It is apparently quite hardy. 
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