ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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gflax. Field of IAnwn uiitatUsimum. Frontispiece. 



1, The Century plant erieana. 2. Tampico hemp plant, Agave heteraeanfha. 



1, Sisal hemp, Agave rigxda sisalana. 2. False Bisal hemp, Agave deetpiens. 



1. An unidentified Florida Agave. 2. Pineapple plant, Annua* saliva. 



1, A bnnch of Cocoanuts, Cocos nuei/era. 2. Texas bear grass, DasyKrion. 



1. Louisiana jute, Oorehorua. 2, Sunn hemp plants. Crotalaria juncea. 3. California hemp, 



'<'ra. 

 1, Forster'e palm lily. OordyUne austraUs. 2. The Chilean palm. Tracky carpus fortunei. 

 1, Mauritius hemp plant, Furcroza gigantea. 2. New Zealand flax, Phormium i. uax. 

 1, China grass foliage Boeftwieria rrioea. 2. Sponge cucumber. Luffa cegyptiea. 3. A plant of 



lora. 

 1, Talipot palm, Oorypha \imbracu\ifera. 2, Screw pine. Pandauus odoratissimus. 

 1. Cabbage palmetto. Sabal palmetto. 2. Saw palmetto, Serenoa serrulata. 



eca of the Mohave desert. I'(?cc« arborescens. 

 1. lieur grass, FuceajUamentosa. 2. A plant of Yucca sp.. allied to baccata. 



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1. "Woody cells of the Buttonwood, after 



Cray 9 



2. Structural fiber. Transverse section 54. 



through a fibro-vascular bundle of 



aisal hemp, after Morris 1" 55. 



3. Bast fiber. Flax highly magnified 2 ,; 



4. Surface fiber. Cotton highly magnified 27 57. 



5. Sphagnummoss. Exampleofafalsefiher 28 58. 



6. Indian mallow , Abutilon avicennce 36 59. 



7. Plant of A scewiczii 39 60. 



8. Muruj.i Acroc* mia lasiospatha 40 



'.'. An old plant of Agave decipiens 45 02. 



10. Plant of Agave desertx 46 6;j. 



1 1 . Leaf ni A ( intha 47 



12. Blossoms of false sisal hemp plant 49 64. 



13. Pole plants of slips of Agave sisalana... 50 



14. Leaves of Agaverigi&a, the true sisal.. 51 65. 



15. Leaves o pirns, or false sisal- 51 66. 

 IC. The Raspador or Mexican machine 52 



17. The Van Bureh machine used in the De- 67. 



partment's Florida experiments 53 68. 



18. Leaves of unidentified Florida Agave... 54 



19. Marram grass. Ammophila arenaria ... 56 



2u. Indian hemp plant. Apocynum carina- 71. 



hi nun, 63 72. 



21. Young Betel-nut palm, Areea catechu . . 65 73. 

 __ - _ ■ palm of Malacca, Arenga sacchari- 



/■ ra - 66 74. 



23. Device for manufacture of artificial silk. 67 



24. Cane, Arundinaria gigantea 69 75. 



_" Swamp milk- weed, Asclepias incarnata. 72 76. 



26. The Murumuru palm, Astrocaryum 77. 



muni ' 78. 



27. The Tecuma palm, Astrocaryum tueuma 74 79. 

 2v TheTucum palm, Astrocaryum vulgare 75 80. 



hia Piassaba palm, AttaUafunifera . 77 81. 



30. Bactris intt grifolia 78 



31. Leaves of JBauhinia vahlii 82 



32. A properly grown stalk of ramie 86 84. 



3:;. An improperly grown stalk of ramie.. . 88 85. 



: Bower racemes of ramie 89 



35. Kami.- roots for planting, before subdi- 86. 



vision 90 87. 



36. Leal of fi 99 88. 



37. The hemp plant, Cannabis sativa 107 89. 



entucky hemp brake 109 90. 



■■i 110 91. 



ool palm. Co 11:' 



41. C aim- Florida 121 93. 



bion of a cocoanut 122 94. 



/•".<f capsularis . . . \- r 



psularis 128 



"■, a 14 



'l'"S .. 149 99. 



150 loo. 



153 lol. 



50. The oil palm, / I .... ] 55 102. 



157 103. 



in broom r'"<t. 

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Page. 

 Cotton grass. Erir.phomm angustifo- 



lium 160 



The lesser cotton grass. Eriophorum 



latifolium 161 



The Assai, Euttrpc oleracea 164 



Leaves of Ficus religiosa 165 



The CTbimrana, Geonor a multiflora ... 172 



The cotton plant, Gossypium ..' 174 



Sea Island cotton '. 175 



Upland cotton 177 



Peach palm, Guilielma speciosa 188 



Leaf and blossom of Hibiscus elatus... 193 

 Leaves and blossoms of Hibiscus mos- 



<■!'■ >'f"i- 196 



Hopi Indian basket grass, Mllaria 



jamesii 198 



The Doum palm. Hyphame thebaica ... 201 

 The Bhabur grass. Ischosmum angusti- 



folium 203 



The Paxiuba. Iriartea cxorrhiza 204 



The Paxiuba-mira. Jriarteasetigera... I I 



Jubosa 8pectabilis, greenhouse plant. .. 205 



Juncus acutus 206 



The Japanese mat rush, Juncus 



Juncus conglonu rat"* 207 



The Para Piassaba palm, Leopoldinia 



piassaba 216 



The ancient flax plant, Liuum angvsti- 



folium 218 



Common rlax. I/inum usitatissimum . . . 



Method of forming stooks 225 



A leaf of a/"' 232 



The Bussu palm, ll'inicaria saccift ra.. 234 



Maranta arundinacea 236 



The It.i palm, Manriiln flexuosa 



The Carina palm. Mauritia aculeata . 

 The Inaja palm, MaximiUana n 



The SaL r o palm, Metroxylon sagu 241 



Leaf of Monstera delicivsa 242 



The banana, or plantain, llusa sap- 



ientum 246 



The Haccaba. CEnocarpus bacaba 252 



The Tarawa. CEnocarpus bataua 2":; 



Barnyard grass, /'- 256 



The date palm, Phoenix dactylift ra 



Keed-grass, Phragmites communis 265 



Kentucky blue grass, Poaj ratensis ... 



The Raffia palm, Raphia rut a 



TheJupati palm. Raphia mnifera 



A plant of U'<r, nala 279 



The bulrush. Scirpus lacustris 291 



Cord grass. Spartin lei 301 



Prairie grass, £ •obolut cryptandrus. 303 



mnatifida, young plant 



Plant of Thri a 312 



Cattail flag, i tifolia 319 



The Caesar weed, Vrenalooata 



Plant of Urera tenon 



Flax scutckiug device 347 



