AUTHORITIES CITED AND CONSULTED. 



Tbe following list embraces the principal works, reports, check lists, 

 and other publications which have been examined as sources of infor- 

 mation iu the preparation of this work. In a majority of instances the 

 name of the author accompanies the extract which appears in the body 

 of the Descriptive Catalogue of World's Fibers. See also list of con- 

 tributors which follows : 



Agassiz, Louis, Journey in Brazil. 



Alexander, W. D., A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, New York, Am. Book 



Co. (1891). 

 Allison, S. B., Rarnie Culture: Circular of tbe Perseverance Fiber Co., Xew Orleans. 



1895. 

 American Fiber Co., Cane Fiber, New York (date not given). 



Aramburu, Don Fernando, Tecnologia Microscopica de Pibras Textiles, Madrid, 1891. 

 Arnould, M. C, Concours International de Machines a Decortiquer La Ramie, 1888, 



Paris, 1889. 

 Bacon. Edgar M., On Sisal Hemp, American Agriculturist. 

 Badham, Charles David, A Treatise on the Fsculent Funguses of England, ed. by 



Frederick Currey, London, 1863. 

 Baker, Dr. J. G., Description of Agave decipiens, in Bulletin Royal Kew Gardens, 



1892. 



• Handbook of The Bromeliacea*, London, 1889. 



Bastin, Edson S., Laboratory Exercises in Botany, Philadelphia, Pa., 1895. 

 Berkeley, Rev. M. J., Contributor, Treasury of Botany, a Popular Dictionary of the 



Vegetable Kingdom, London, 1866. 

 Bernardin, M., Nomenclature Usuelle de 550 Fibres Textiles, etc., Gand, 1872. 

 Bially, Paul, Transl. by Cecil Charles, Costa Rica and her Future, Washington, 



1889. 

 Bianconi, F., La Mexiqne, a la Porte des Industriels, etc., Paris, 1889 (Exposition 



Report). 

 Blazguez, Ignatio, The Maguays: In Revista Cientifica Mexicana. Vol. I, No. 1, 



1879. 

 Bowman, F. H., Structure of the Wool Fiber. Manchester, England, Palmer and 



Howe, 1885. 



Structure of Cotton Fiber, Manchester. England, Palmer and Howe. 1882. 



Brown, Samuel C, First Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics, Labor and 



Industries of New Jersey, 1878. 

 Ceylon Commission, Official Handbook of the Ceylon Courts, W. ('. E., 1893, 



Colombo, 1893. 

 Chardonnet, Count M. de, But nn 8oie Artiticielle, Paris, 1889. 

 Charley. William, Flax and Its Products. London, 1862. 

 Christy, Dr. Thomas, Culture of Flax, Reprinted from the Irish Textile Journal, 



Belfast (no date). 

 Crookes, William, A Handbook of Dyeing and Calico Printing, London. 1874. 

 Contributed Article: Fibers used i'or Brushmaking, the Indian Agriculturist, Feb., 



1893. 

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