Archive image from page 74 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 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 67 Aroosha or Arusha (Ind.). See Callicarpa carta. Arrowroot plant (see Maranta). Artabotrys spp. Exogens. Anonacece. Natives of India and Indian Archipelago; shrubs or climbing plants. Savorgnan mentions A. zeylanicus, the fiber of which—the color of iron rust—is used in tackle for marine purposes, and A. suaveolens, the twigs of which are used by t
Archive image from page 74 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 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 67 Aroosha or Arusha (Ind.). See Callicarpa carta. Arrowroot plant (see Maranta). Artabotrys spp. Exogens. Anonacece. Natives of India and Indian Archipelago; shrubs or climbing plants. Savorgnan mentions A. zeylanicus, the fiber of which—the color of iron rust—is used in tackle for marine purposes, and A. suaveolens, the twigs of which are used by the natives of the Malaysian Archipelago for cords. The species is cultivated in greenhouses. A. odoratissimiis is a scandent shrub, cultivated in India and eastern countries. It is not mentioned as a fiber plant by Dr. Watt, but is included in list of fibers, Rept. Flax and Hemp Com., 1863. The fiber is said to be of good length. Artemisia moxa. Exogen. Composite. Small shrubs. The wormwoods are widely distributed over the temperate regions of the two hemispheres. In Texas, New Mexico, and other regions of the 'great West' entire tracts are covered by species of Artemisia. A. absinthium is of well-known economic value. Fiber.—On the authority of Savorgnan the down or cottony substance produced, as a surface fiber, by A. moxa, is used as an absorbent by Chinese and Japanese phy- sicians. He also mentions A. vulgaris, found in stony places and among the gravelly soil of water courses (presumably in Italy), known as Canapaccia, the bark of which is filamentous and gives a material similar to hemp. A common species of temperate Europe. Artificial Silk. One of the interesting exhibits in Machinery Hall, at the Paris Exposition of 1889, was that illustrating the process of drawing out the filmy thread of artificial silk and reeling it into skeins of wonderful brilliancy and finish, this process being the invention of Count M. de Chardonnet. The process is intended to produce fr
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