. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 153 export from the Canaries. Some of the plants are gigantic in size, " the colossal dragon tree at the town of Orotovia, in Teneriffe, heing 75 feet high and 48 feet in circumference, with an antiquity which must at least he greater than the ; Structural Fiber.—Specimens received with the Victorian collection from the Mel- bourne Botanic Garden, where it is thoroughly estahlished. Dr. Guilfoyle states that "the
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 153 export from the Canaries. Some of the plants are gigantic in size, " the colossal dragon tree at the town of Orotovia, in Teneriffe, heing 75 feet high and 48 feet in circumference, with an antiquity which must at least he greater than the ; Structural Fiber.—Specimens received with the Victorian collection from the Mel- bourne Botanic Garden, where it is thoroughly estahlished. Dr. Guilfoyle states that "the ffber is strong and flexible, but the tree is of very slow ; It is prepared. Fig. 49.—Greenhouse plant of Draccena draco. from the leaves, and is white, fine, and lustrous, and between 18 inches and 2 feet in length. It is not as strong, however, as the Cordyline libers, though much softer. Bernardin mentions four species: D. draco, J), mauritiana, I). margvnata, from Mau- ritius, and D. terminalis, Sandwich Islands, known as Ti. Hillebrand refers this 8pecies, however, to Cordyline, and states that the leaves are used in Hawaii as wrap- pers for food, or for plates. Ti is the Tahitian name of the tree. "Specimens.—Mus. U. S. Dept. Ag.; Bot. Mus. Karv. Univ. Dragon's blood tree (see Draccena).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dodge, Charles Richards, 1847-1918. Washington, Govt. print. off.
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