U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
OFFICE OF FIBER INVESTIGATIONS. 
Dear Sir : 
This Department has just published an important work on the fibers and fibrous substances of all 
countries, entitled “A Descriptive Catalogue of Useful Fiber Plants of the World.” It has been prepared 
by the Special Agent in charge of the Office of Fiber Investigations, and an exceedingly limited edition 
has been issued. 
A copy of this work has been ordered to be sent you. When it has been received, and you have 
examined it, the author will be pleased to receive from you any notes you may have time to prepare regard¬ 
ing the fiber plants of your locality, as, in a work of such scope, it is hardly possible that the entire field 
has been covered. It is especially desired that any fiber plants known to have been employed either com¬ 
mercially, or in what may be termed 4 ‘ native ” uses, such as for rough textiles, cordage, fishing nets and 
lines, basketry, etc., that have been omitted, or that have had scant notice, shall be reported. Doubtless, 
also, many of the native or aboriginal names by which these plants are known in the countries where 
they grow have not been given. In all such cases the author will be glad to have such names reported, 
particularly where they can be authenticated and referred to the proper botanical species. I will also 
thank you to note any errors in nomenclature in the present work, as many of the common native names 
have doubtless been spelled phonetically, and some may have been carelessly reported. While the 
author has taken great pains to verify such names in the present volume, errors are possible, and these 
should be corrected in a future edition. 
Any material submitted will be preserved for future use, and should a revised edition of the work 
be ordered, the new facts that are incorporated will be duly credited to the reporter or contributor supplying 
them, in the manner that credit has been given in the edition sent you. 
I especially desire unmounted photographs of foreign fiber plants, and will be pleased to exchange 
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similar prints of the fiber plants of the United States for them. I shall also be pleased to receive any 
pamphlets, catalogues, or other printed matter pertaining to the fibers or fiber plants of your country, or 
locality, in exchange for the Fiber reports of this Department. 
Please acknowledge receipt of the volume when received. 
I am, very respectfully, 
Special Agent , 
In Charge of Fiber Investigations. 
