The textile fibres of commerce. A handbook on the occurrence, distribution, preparation, and uses of the animal, vegetable, and mineral fibres used in cotton, woollen, paper, silk, brush, and hat manufactures (1902)
Hannan, William I · London : C. Griffin · leaf 56
experiment of utilising these fibres for commercial purposes is said to have been tried in Italy. This tree is much cultivated in France and other countries for its leaves, which are used for the feeding of silkworms. The leaves are stripped off the young shoots for the purpose of sericiculture.… … Fig. 25. — New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). Tiliace.se,. The leaves are developed in a kind of rosette, are ensiform in shape, and have an erect or equitarit habit. Fig. 25 is an illustration from a group of these plants growing in the Temperate House at Kew. The leaves are made into matting, and…
Textile fabrics
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