Hurst, George H. (George Henry), George Bell & Sons · London ; New York : George Bell & Sons · leaf 29
g made up of fibrets. It is, therefore, reasonableto suspect that it will not differ much from Tussah silkin its properties, and in the methods to be used in C 18 SILK DYEING. bleaching and dyeing it. Fig. 10 is a drawing madewith the microscope. Muga Silk.—This variety of silk comes from theMuga… … Figr 12. Dhurumpoorin Bombay ; it feeds on the leaves of thesoom tree (Machilus odoratissima); it is a large moth,the female being much larger than the male, and veryhandsomely marked. The silk of the Muga wormvery closely resembles Tussah silk in its structure (seeFig. 11), and there is scarcely…
Dyes and dyeing · Silk
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