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Uncultivated Fiber Plants of Ohio. 
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pillows; Hordeum vulgare Bailey; Phragmites phragmites (L.) 
Karst.—The structural fiber is used in Mexico for mats to cover 
houses; Secale cereale L.; Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Willd.; 
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gr.—It is also used for paper; 
Triticum sativum Lam.; ZeamaysL.—Also used in upholstery and 
for paper; Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. & S.; Scirpus lacustris L.; 
Eriophorum polystachyon L.—Also used for paper; Juncus 
effusus L.; Yucca filamentosa L. 
Dicotylae: —Melilotus alba Desv. 
Bast Fibers. 
Dicotylae: —Populus deltoides Marsh; Salix spp.—Used also 
in the manufacture of willow ware; Morus rubra L.; Morus alba L.; 
Humulus lupulus L.—This is used also for paper; Cannabissativa 
L.; Urtica dioica L.; Urtica gracilis Ait.; Urticastrum divaricatum 
Kuntze; Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal.—The inner bark stripped 
from the branches is used by fishermen to string fish and by 
Indians for withes, strings and nets; Camelina sativa (L.) 
Crantz; Robinia pseud-acacia L.—Used also for paper; Linum 
usitatissimum L.; Celastrus scandens L.; Tilia americana L.— 
Used as rough cordage and coarse woven mattings; Althaea offi¬ 
cinalis L.; Althaea rosea Cav.; Malva svlvestris L.; Malva rotun- 
difolia L.—These two species of Malva are very widely used; 
Abutilon abutilon (L.) Rusby.—The fiber is sold as a substitute 
for jute and the cellulose is used as paper stock; Hibiscus mos- 
cheutos L.; Chamnerion angustifolium (L.) Scop.; Apocynum 
cannabinum L.; Asclepias syriaca L.—The fiber is ranked between 
that of flax and hemp. The hairs from the seeds are used in 
this country in stuffing beds. In Russia 20% of Asclepias hairs 
mixed with 80% wool are manufactured into a cloth called silver 
cloth. Used alone the hairs are too smooth to weave; Asclepias 
incarnataL.—Used for all purposes to which hemp can be applied; 
Ambrosia trifida L.; Solidago canadensis L.; Helianthus annuus L. 
—Used also for rough wrapping paper; and Helianthus tuberosus 
L. 
