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Corchorus capsularis, L.* 
From India to Japan. One of the principal Jute plants. 
An annual, attaining a height of about a dozen feet, when 
closely grown, with almost branchless stem. A nearly 
allied but lower plant, Gorchonis Cunninghami, F. v. Mueller, 
occurs in tropical and subtropical East Australia. J ute can 
be grown where cotton and rice ripen, be it even in localities 
comparatively cold in the winter, if the summer’s warmth is 
long and continuous. The fibre is separated by steeping 
the full grown plant in water from five to eight days, and it 
is largely used for rice and cotton bags, carpets and other 
similar textile fabrics, and also for ropes. About 60,000 
tons are annually exported from India to England, and a 
large quantity also to the United States. Jute is sown on 
good land, well ploughed and drained, but requires no irri - 
gation, although it likes humidity. The crop is obtained in 
the course of four or five months, and is ripe when the 
flowers turn into fruit capsules. Grood paper is made from 
the refuse of the fibre. 
Corchorus olitorius, E.* 
South Asia and North Australia. Furnishes, with the fore- 
going species, the principal supply of Jute fibre. As it also 
is an annual, it can be brought to perfection in our 
summers. The foliage can be used for spinage. The fibre 
is not so strong as hemp, but very easily prepared. It 
will not endure exposure to water. The allied Corchorus 
trilocularis, L., of Indian origin, is likewise a native of 
eastern tropical and subtropical Australia. 
Cordyline Banksii, J- Hooker. 
New Zealand. This lax and long leaved palm-lily attains 
a height of 10 feet ; its stem is usually undivided. This 
and the following species have been admitted into this list 
for a double reason, because not only are they by far the 
hardiest, quickest growing and largest of the genus, and 
thus most sought in horticultural trade for scenic planting ; 
but also because they furnish from the leaves a superior 
fibre for ropes and other purposes. The small seeds are 
produced in great abundance, and germinate with extreme 
