194 



Flax, its Treatment, 



and the fibrous portions are more or less readily detached from 

 the woody centre. These fibrous portions being composed of 

 bundles of very delicate filaments may be split up into almost 

 any degree of fineness, according to the process adopted. Now 



Sections of Flax, Straiv, and Fibre. 



200 



1. Transverse Section of Straw. 

 a. Epidermis. c. Fibres. 

 h. Bark. d. Shove, or Woody Centre. 



400 



2, 3, and 4. Longitudinal Sections of Fibres— 7t, h, li, Cavities. 

 2 and 3. Ordinary Fibres. 

 4. Ilarer kind. 



