FANS. 
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FANS. 
There are three classes of fans generally 
offered for sale, the Palmetto, Lace Bark and 
Ivhus-klms. The framework of an imported 
fan is occasionally used. 
The lace bark fan has a centre of lace hark 
ornamented with ferns, mountain cabbage 
bark and generally with a fluffy edging of 
French cotton. 
The Khus-khus fan (PL III. 6) is made 
almost entirely, including the handle, of the 
roots of the khus-khus grass, and its populari- 
ty is due to the characteristic fragrance of 
these roots. 
The palmetto fans (PI. III. 1, 7) are made 
from the leaves of this palm, the more orna- 
mental kinds being made to shut and open. 
The tissue-paper-like epidermal layer of 
the leaf of the dagger plant is also used for 
making fans (PI. III. 5). 
Workers. The palmetto fan alone is 
made by the peasantry, while the others are 
generally the work of the more educated 
classes. 
Plant Motes. 
Lace Bark. 
(See Chapter on Lace Bark.) 
Palmetto. 
(See Baskets, p. 8.) 
Khus-khus, or Governor Grass. 
Andropogon squarrosus. Order Gramineae. 
A native of India, commonly grown in Jamaica. A 
grass from 4 to 6 feet long. The leaves and roots 
possess a pleasant scent. 
Uses of roots, for making fans and giving a 
pleasant scent in clothes-presses, handkerchief- 
sachets, etc. 
