. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 207 Matting.—J. effusus is tlie Bingo-i mat rush of Japan, employed in the manufacture of the " Tatami-omote," or the handsomest and most costly mats used by the higher classes, while Cyperus loiitans is employed for the cheaper grades used by the com- mon people. The pith of the Bingo-i rush is also extensively used for lamp wicks. Cultivation.—The soil best suited for growing Bingo-i is of a clayey character containing a smal
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 207 Matting.—J. effusus is tlie Bingo-i mat rush of Japan, employed in the manufacture of the " Tatami-omote," or the handsomest and most costly mats used by the higher classes, while Cyperus loiitans is employed for the cheaper grades used by the com- mon people. The pith of the Bingo-i rush is also extensively used for lamp wicks. Cultivation.—The soil best suited for growing Bingo-i is of a clayey character containing a small proportion of gravel and resting upon a rather hard subsoil. The plants, from the stubble cut in the previous summer, are rooted out and dipped in a diluto urine for twenty-four hours, and then divided into bundles of about ten such shoots, which are transplanted in well-prepared and manured land, in the same man- ner as rice plants are transplanted in the paddy field. The distance from one bundle of the plants transplanted to another is about 4 sun—that is to say, a bundle of ten plants occupies 4 sun square of ground. The transplanting usually takes place in the month of October or Novem- ber, but in the warmer districts it may be as late as the beginning of January. After the trans- plantation the land is constantly watered as in rice fields and ordures and well-rotted farmyard manures are applied several times at due inter- vals, especially taking care to keep the land free from weeds. In the middle of July when fine, settled weather is anticipated the rushes are harvested by reaping them with a sharp sickle, and they are immedi- ately immersed in muddy water specially prepared in a small pond, by stirring in white clay, and then dried by spreading on grass land. The object of dipping the rushes into turbid water is to facil- itate the drying by the effect of the adhering clay, and at the same time to protect "Bingo-i" from other noxious dusts. The most im
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