A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . Some of the lilaments resemble horsehair very closely, and, drawn betweenthe thumb and nail of the forelinger, curl as readily as coir. Samples of fiber fromthis palm as well as tow prepared from it were received from the Philippine Islandsand from Victoria, the latter prepared by Dr. Guilfoyle. It is indigenous in north-ern Australia. In Jtlalabar it is called Shunda-pana, in Burma Muibaw, and the Siu-galese name is KUtiil or Kiltool. It is a beautiful tree, growing
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . Some of the lilaments resemble horsehair very closely, and, drawn betweenthe thumb and nail of the forelinger, curl as readily as coir. Samples of fiber fromthis palm as well as tow prepared from it were received from the Philippine Islandsand from Victoria, the latter prepared by Dr. Guilfoyle. It is indigenous in north-ern Australia. In Jtlalabar it is called Shunda-pana, in Burma Muibaw, and the Siu-galese name is KUtiil or Kiltool. It is a beautiful tree, growing to a height of (50 feet,and surmounted by an elegant crown of graceful curved leaves. The tree is a footin «liameter. The fiber, which is black and very coarse, is useful for making ropes,brushes, brooms, , etc.; and a woolly substance or scurf scraped from the leaf-stalks is used for calking boats. It is also extensively used in machine brushes forpolishing linen and cotton yarns, for cleaning flax liber after it is scutched, forbrushing velvets, and other similar purposes. In Ceylon the black fiber is mauufac-. ^^^=s^^^^^^^^=- DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 113 tured into ropea of great streugth aiul tlural)ility, which are used for tyiug is both regnhir and compact, and its manufacture exhibits considerable skill. InAustralia, Dr. Guilfoylesays, it is used for making paper. As high as $16,000 worthof this fiber has been exported from Ceylon in a single year; it enters largely intothe manufacture of brushes, and there is a considerable demand. The fiber, as itis called, forms at the base of the leaves of the palm, in a strong sort of bracing, thattends to hold the leaf against the stem as it appears on both sides of the blade of theleafstalk. This is removed with a kuile from the fallen leaves, and then cleaned, tofree it from extraneous matter, and finally put u]) into bobbins, in shape not unlikea torpedo, when it is ready lor sale. Hopes, and even fishing lin
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