. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 286 FIBER PLANTS FIBER PLANTS fertility of the soil, it would doubtless be valuable in rotation if there were a satisfactory mechanical method for preparing the fiber. Ambari. Ambari, or deccan hemp, is a bast fiber obtained from Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual belonging to the Malvacece or Mallow family. The plant has deeply parted leaves, giving it somewhat the ap- pearance of true hemp, though the foliage is much lighter in color. The stalks and leaf-stems are cov- ered with very short spines, making them disagree- able to handle when ma
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 286 FIBER PLANTS FIBER PLANTS fertility of the soil, it would doubtless be valuable in rotation if there were a satisfactory mechanical method for preparing the fiber. Ambari. Ambari, or deccan hemp, is a bast fiber obtained from Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual belonging to the Malvacece or Mallow family. The plant has deeply parted leaves, giving it somewhat the ap- pearance of true hemp, though the foliage is much lighter in color. The stalks and leaf-stems are cov- ered with very short spines, making them disagree- able to handle when mature. The plant is cultivated in India. In Egypt it is grown on the borders of the fields for a wind- break. The fiber is prepared in about the same way as that of sunn hemp. It is called "Bimlipitam jute " in the London market. A very similar plant has recently been exploited in Brazil under the name Canhamo Braziliensis Perini. Miscellaneous bast fibers. Bast fibers for domestic purposes have been secured from many ditferent kinds of plants, but in most instances these have been superseded by com- mercial twines and cordage. Some of the most important of these fibers are the following: (1) Majagua (Paritium tiliaceuvi), used for hal- ters and cordage for small boats in Porto Rico and Cuba. (2) Olona (Touehardia latifnlia), formerly used for harpoon lines and fishing lines in the Hawaiian „ islands. 1 . (3) Colorado W yW M / river hemp (Ses- bania macro- carpa), growing wild in large quantities o n the overflowed lands near the mouth of the Colorado river, \^\\ 'I 5(^ ' "^^W^ dians for bow- other light cord- age. (4) Indian hemp(.4jt)oc2/H)/m cannabinum). — A perennial plant of the Dogbane family, native through- out the greater part of the United States and especially abundant in the West. It was the most important source of bast fiber used by the North American Indians. (Fig. 397.) (c) Hard Fibers. The most important hard fibers are abaca, sisal. New Zeala
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