LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



The following is a partial list of the names of those who have supplied the author 



with direct information in the form of original notes, correspondence, lists of fiber 



plants, or contributed articles, in a few instances extracts have been made from 



letters and communications to the Office of Fiber Investigations received in its regu- 

 lar work : 



Allen, D. K., Yuma. Arizona, correspondence. 



Allison, Samuel B.. Mechanical Engineer and Fiber Expert, notes and correspondence. 



Andrews, U. S. Consul H. W., Hankow, China, correspondence. 



Ball, A. E., Rushford, Minn , notes and correspondence. 



Bier, George H., Key West, Fla., correspondence. 



Bosse, Eugene, Incourt, Belgium (formerly of Minnesota), notes of experience in 

 flax culture. 



Boyce, Silas S., Fiber Expert, New York City (formerly Rolling Fork. Miss.), corre- 

 spondence. 



Cooper, J. W., Ashland, Kans., correspondence. 



Coville, Frederick V., Botanist U. S. Dept. Ag., notes and contributions. 



Damseaux, Prof. Adolphe, -^tate Exp't Station, Gembloux, Belgium, notes on flax. 



Dewey, Lyster H., Asst. Bot. Div. U. S. Dept. of Ag., notes and assistance. 



Dodge, J. Richards, Washington, D. C, contribution on Cotton in the United States. 



Dorca, A., Lima, Peru, MS. lists of the fibers of Peru. 



Du Yuyst, Paul, Agronome de l'Etat, Belgium, correspondence and specimens. 



Ernst, Dr. Adolphus, Director Nat. Mns., Caracas, Venez., notes on the fibers of 

 Mex. and S. Am. (botanical and economic). 



Escobar, Eornulo, City of Mexico, collections and notes, fibers of Mexico. 



Favier, P. A., Paris, France, notes and specimens. 



Fawcett, "William, Director Botanical Department of Jamaica, notes and correspond- 

 ence. 



Fewkes, J. Walter, Bureau of Ethnology, notes on Hopi Indian fibers. 



Flint, Eddy & Co., New York City, statements regarding Cuba bast. 



Fremerey, Felix, Bakersfield, Cal., notes on cultivation of fiber plants. 



Calloway. B. T., Chief, Div. Yeg;. Physiology IT. S. Dept. Agr.. contribution. 



Guilfoyle, Dr. William R., Director Botanic Gardens, Victoria, MS. notes accoinp. 

 Vict. Coll.. Phil. Int. Exh., 1876, etc. 



Hall, R. J. (President Minn. State Alliance), correspondence. 



Harris. Dr. J. V., Key West, Fla , notes of experience in fiber culture. 



Hart, J. PI., Director, Roy. Bot. Gardens, Trinidad, notes and correspondence. 



Havard, Dr. V., U. S. A., Fort Slocum. New Rochelle, N. Y., notes on N. Am. Indian 

 libers. 



Hough, Walter, U. S. Nat. Mns., note-. 



Irish, Charles W., notes ou Asclepias liber. 



Janvier, Pere et Fils., Ee Mans, France, correspondence. 



Knapp, E. X., Tarpon Springs, Fla., correspondence . 



Koenig, Henry, Schluersburu. Mo., correspondence. 



Eandtsheer, Norbert de, Brussels, Belgium, correspondence. 



Eatimer. William, Wilmington, N. C. notes and specimen of pine fiber, in series. 

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