. Commercial botany of the nineteenth century. A record of progress in the utilisation of vegetable products in the United Kingdom, and the introduction of economic plants into the British colonies, during the present century. Botany, Economic; Botany. 138 COMMERCIAL Cocoanut (Corns nucifera). Amongst vege- table fibres used for brush and broom -making, several very im- portant introduc- tions have been made, foremost of which, of course, is the fibrous husk of the Cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera). This fibre, now so generally known by the name of Coir, has become within the last twenty or
. Commercial botany of the nineteenth century. A record of progress in the utilisation of vegetable products in the United Kingdom, and the introduction of economic plants into the British colonies, during the present century. Botany, Economic; Botany. 138 COMMERCIAL Cocoanut (Corns nucifera). Amongst vege- table fibres used for brush and broom -making, several very im- portant introduc- tions have been made, foremost of which, of course, is the fibrous husk of the Cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera). This fibre, now so generally known by the name of Coir, has become within the last twenty or thirty years a most im- portant article of import. Its in- troduction may be said to date from about the year 1836, when a shop for the sale of articles made of Coir was opened in Agar Street, Strand. In 1839 a partner in this business took out a patent for the manufacture of various fabrics. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jackson, John Reader, 1837-1920. London [etc. ] : Cassell & company, limited
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