HATS. 
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The dagger hat. A “ fancy” hat is made 
entirely from the tissue-paper-looking epider- 
mal layer of the leaf of the dagger plant. It 
is trimmed with flowers, etc. of the same ma- 
terial, dyed, in some cases, with May Pole 
soaps, Judson’s dyes or cochineal. 
The strainer hat is made from the dried 
seed case of the strainer vine ; the pod or seed 
case is cut open and turned inside out, the 
rough edging being cut off and used to trim 
the hats. 
Dolls’ Hats. These tiny hats, (PI. III. 29), 
principally Ippi-appas, so frequently termed 
“real cute” by our American friends, are 
eagerly bought. 
Workers. The peasantry make most of 
the foregoing hats, not including those from 
the dagger and strainer plants. 
Plant Notes, 
Banana, Palmetto. 
(See Baskets, p. 7 and 8.) 
Bagger, or Spanish Bayonet toff Florida.] 
. Yucca aloifolia. Order Liliaceae. Native of 
West Indies and North Carolina. This plant is 
common in the hills and, besides being an orna- 
mental garden plant, is useful for making fences. 
The visitor to St. Ann will see them like sentinels 
on the roadside. They grow to a height of from 10 
to 20 feet. The flowers are white, about 2 inches 
long, and are produced in dense clusters. The 
leaves are from 1 to 2 feet long, 1^ inches broad, 
and terminate in sharp points. 
Uses. The dagger plant “ bark” is used for all 
kinds of fancy work ; it is obtained by closing the 
sides of a leaf (the younger leaves are best) to- 
