. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 73 Ash (for basket splints). See Fraxinus nigra. Asimina triloba. The Pap aw of Temperate United States. Exogen. Anonacece. A tree. Abounds in eastern middle United States from Michigan to the Gulf. Fiber.—Derived from the inner hark, hut now scarcely employed for any purpose. " The inner hark stripped from the branches in the early spring is still used by fisher- men on the Ohio and other "Western rivers for stringing fish; fo
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 73 Ash (for basket splints). See Fraxinus nigra. Asimina triloba. The Pap aw of Temperate United States. Exogen. Anonacece. A tree. Abounds in eastern middle United States from Michigan to the Gulf. Fiber.—Derived from the inner hark, hut now scarcely employed for any purpose. " The inner hark stripped from the branches in the early spring is still used by fisher- men on the Ohio and other "Western rivers for stringing fish; formerly employed in making iish nets" (C. S. Sargent). Dr. Havard states that the inner bark has a tough hbrous texture, and in former times was commonly used by the Indi- ans for withes, strings, nets, etc. Savorgnan states that the bast from the inner bark of young sprouts is very strong and lustrous. Assai Palm, of Para. (Braz.). Euterpe oleracea. Astelia banksii. Endogen. Liliacece. A rush. This species belongs to a genus of rush-like plants found in the islands of the southern ocean. The plant is a native of New Zealand, and grows to a height of 4 feet. "It is rich in fiber suitable for ropes, paper," etc. The fiber is of a dirty yellow color, the "filaments" exceedingly coarse and wiry; rather brittle when bent sharp- ly, but of considerable strength when tested with a lateral strain. The * specimen m the collection of the De- partment of Agriculture was prepared by Dr. Guilfoyle. The leaves of A. alpina which grow on the sand hills of the coast ©f Tasmania are edible. Astrocaryum acaule. The Iu Palm. Endogen. Palnuu. A palm, 8 to 10 feet. "This palm never has any stem, the leaves springing at once from the ground. They are 8 or 10 feet long, slender and pinnate. The leaflets are very narrow and drooping, and are disposed in groups of three or four, at intervals along the midrib, the separate leaflets standing out in all ; (
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