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CXIX. — Yucca Whipplei (Torrej) sjn. Y. Californica 
(Lemaire). “Whipple’s Yucca” or “Mound Lily.” Order 
Liliacece. California. 
The fibre of this species is exceedingly fine, and very easily 
prepared after boiling for six hours, then scraping with a blunt 
knife. Sample the product of 250 leaves. Professor C. R. 
Dodge says of this plant in Useful Fibre Plants of the World — 
“Another Californian species of Yucca, samples of fibre and 
cordage of which have been received, collected by Dr. E. Palmer, 
who states that the leaves yield a very soft white fibre, which is 
capable of being made into very nice thread. Indians use this 
fibre to form a padding for their horse blankets, the outer part of 
which, being made of the fibre from the Yucca baccata, is very 
rounh. A wooden needle is threaded with twine made from the 
same fibre, and the lining is firmly quilted to the saddle blanket, 
forming a soft covering, without which it would injure the 
animal’s back.” 
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne. 
