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THE 



FIBRE PLANTS OF INDIA, 



AFEICA, AND OUR COLONIES. 6 . 



A TEEATISE ON 



RHEEA, PLANTAIN, PINE APPLE, JETE, 

 AEEICAN AND CHINA GBASS, 



AND NEW ZEALAND FLAX 

 (Phormium Tenax), 



AND ON 



THE CULTIVATION, PEEPAEATION, AND COTTON IZING OF 

 HOME-GEOWN AND CONTINENTAL FLAX AND HEMP 

 FITTED FOE SPINNING ON THE EXISTING 

 COTTON MACHINEEY, 



AND ALSO ON 



SILK, WORSTED AND FLAX SPIMIIG MACHINERY, 



WITH FULL 



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INSTRUCTIONS ON THE METHOD OF PREPARING, SPINNING AND WEAVING, 

 BY THE PATENTED MACHINES AND PROCESS OF 



THE AUTHOR 



JAMES H. DICKSON. 



LONDON : WILLIAM MACINTOSH, 24, PATEENOSTER EOW. 

 DUBLIN : GEORGE HERBERT, GRAFTON STREET. 

 Trice 7s. Qd, 



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