A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . WASHINGTON: government printing LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. United States Department of Agriculttre, Office of Fiber Investigations, Washington, D. C, January 2, 1897. vSiR: I have the honor to submit herewith the manuscrii)t of adescriptive catalogue of 1,018 species of useful fibers of tlie world. Nosimilar work has previously been published in this country, and nowork has appeared in any country with so full descriptive lists of thecommercial and native fib
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . WASHINGTON: government printing LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. United States Department of Agriculttre, Office of Fiber Investigations, Washington, D. C, January 2, 1897. vSiR: I have the honor to submit herewith the manuscrii)t of adescriptive catalogue of 1,018 species of useful fibers of tlie world. Nosimilar work has previously been published in this country, and nowork has appeared in any country with so full descriptive lists of thecommercial and native fibers of the people of the globe, the compila-tion embodjing notes, observation, and research by the author duringa i)eriod of over twenty-five years. During the preparation of thework for publication the author has had the assistance of fiber experts,botanists, and others, in nmny lands, and it is thought the volume willprove a valuable contribution not only to the literature of economicindustries but to ethno-botany as well. The demand made upon the Department for information regardingevery phase of the fiber industry sho
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