Archive image from page 179 of A descriptive catalogue of useful. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers descriptivecatal09dodg Year: 1897 172 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. being regarded as Aarieties. 'It abounds in the temperate and subtropical Hima- layas, ascending to an altitude of 5,000 feet. It is also met with in Assam, Sylliet, and Burma, and extends from Marwar and central India to Travancore and Ceylon. The variety palm at a is a native of the Nilghiri hills and Ceylon, while zeylanica is conf
Archive image from page 179 of A descriptive catalogue of useful. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers descriptivecatal09dodg Year: 1897 172 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. being regarded as Aarieties. 'It abounds in the temperate and subtropical Hima- layas, ascending to an altitude of 5,000 feet. It is also met with in Assam, Sylliet, and Burma, and extends from Marwar and central India to Travancore and Ceylon. The variety palm at a is a native of the Nilghiri hills and Ceylon, while zeylanica is confined to the latter locality and parts of the Deccan.' (Watt.) Bast Fiber.—The above authority states that the fibers from the three forms are perfectly distinct in many of their characters, and should therefore be considered separately. From the account given in the work cited above the following extracts are reproduced: G. heterophylla: Stems often employed for making twine and ropes by the dry process, but these are not prized and perish quickly from the wet. Yields a fine, strong fiber, used for cordage and twine, but cannot stand much moisture. G. palmata : The true Nilghiri nettle; it yields a finer and more valuable fiber than the preceding. Royle writes that the liber is very long, soft, and silky, and has been much admired by many of the best judges of fibers. At Dun- dee it was thought a very good fiber, but rather dry. Mr. Dickson, who lias passed it through his machine and solu- tion, has rendered it a beautiful, soft, silky kind of flax and calls it a wonder- ful fiber, of which the tow would be useful for mixing with wool as has been done with China grass, and the fiber used for the finest purposes. In Spon's Encyclopedia the Girardinias are spoken of collectively under the name of G. lieterophylla, but it seems that G. palmata alone is meant. The following extract may be found useful: 'It suc- ceeds well by cultivation. The bark abounds in fine, white, glossy
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