390 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Noy., 1897. 
Further information may be obtained from Spons’ Encyclopedia of 
Manufactures under “ Fibrous Substances”—Agave americana, A. vivipara, 
A. sisalana; from Watt’s “ Dictionary of the Economic Products of India,” 
vol. i., pp. 183-144; from Christy’s “ New Commercial Plants,” and from the 
Kew Bulletin for March, 1887. 
Hints haye also been given to intending growers of Agave fibre in a paper 
read at the Imperial Institute on Thursday, 29th November, by Mr. A. Van- 
dendriesche, of which an abstract has been published in the Imperial Institute 
Journal for 1895, No. 2, page 59. 
' PLANTS FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
The Department of Agriculture have a limited quantity of plants of the 
Agave rigida (Sisal Hemp) for distribution. Those desirous of entering upon 
its cultivation should make application to the Under Secretary for Agriculture. 
