Textiles; a handbook for the student and the consumer (1926)
Woolman, Mary Schenck, 1860- · New York, MacMillan · leaf 369
343 USES AND MIXOR FIBERS holders. In chemical laboratories it is used for aprons and it is \vra])])ed about hot ])i|)es. Kapok. — (Fig. 123). The kaj^ok tree is grown throughout the Philippine Islands, the natives having used it for cen- turies for filling mattresses and cushions. It is only since … I lo. 12J.— Kapok Vod, (Jpt.stu to suow Iiiilhs and Sllos. 1905 that the floss was exported. The cultivation is very sim])le and inex])ensive. It is now grown regularly ior home use and export. In 1923 there were 8000 pounds exported. It is grown in, and exported from, Java also.
Textile fabrics
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