A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . ns of the grass and pulp made from it Avere exhibited, 12247—No. 9 17 258 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. and it was proposed to utilize the product of tlie vast Canielote lields iu paper iiiau-iifacture. NVliilo tlie. ]iaper made from this grass is not of fine <iuality, it is strongand suitable for wrai)iiiug paper. A grass fiber exhibited in the ^lexican Court, W. C E., 1893, under the name Zacaladc Jlaiiati, is referred by Dr. Ramirez to P. rnts-aaUi (i\g. SS)
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . ns of the grass and pulp made from it Avere exhibited, 12247—No. 9 17 258 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. and it was proposed to utilize the product of tlie vast Canielote lields iu paper iiiau-iifacture. NVliilo tlie. ]iaper made from this grass is not of fine <iuality, it is strongand suitable for wrai)iiiug paper. A grass fiber exhibited in the ^lexican Court, W. C E., 1893, under the name Zacaladc Jlaiiati, is referred by Dr. Ramirez to P. rnts-aaUi (i\g. SS). Zflca^f is a name givento various speci. s of Panicnm: in an at i donbf less refers to its growing on the river banks where the manatee can feed upon it. (Lruxt.) The species is acommon weed iu this country. The flowering panicles of ioHi-ciim acarijcrum (now Thyxauohrua(((/yostix) are made into brooms,which are much used throughoutportions of India for sweepinghouses. J. majiuiKin, Guineagrass, is an American introducedrpecies, the fruiting spikes ofwhich are used for brooms in theSeychelles, etc. See also Paper. The value of a paper juaterialdepends largely, next to supply,upon the i)ercentage of pure cellu-lose it contains. Esparto grass isone of the best substances ibr paperbecause of the high ]»ercentag( ofline iibrousor cellular tissue whichcan be obtained from it. Fivegrou])s of pajxr nuiterials arerecognized in this work : 1. Thespinning libers—(«) in the form ofwaste Ironi textile industries, oras secon. Woody fiber, orthe natural wood of trees reducedto cellulose. SceLinHm,(!ossyj)him,Corchorus, Edgcirorthia, Pronssonctia, Serciioa, Stipa, Pamhiisa, Zea, and the (h-aminea;generally, Pinus, Pirca, Abies, Popidun, and other genera in this work. See, par-ticularly, Picea manana, under which statements are made regarding the Avood pulpindustry. Paper, Ancient (sec Cyperxs papi/rtis). Paper birch (see Betula). Paper mulberry (see Bronssonctid impyrifera
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