The Vegetable Fibers of the Philippine Islands

By H. Taylor Edwards

Popular Science Jul 1905

Pp. 222 to 230

There is probably no country of equal size in the world having a greater variety or wealth of vegetable fibers than the Philippine Islands. These fibers are of every class and of every description. They are obtained from the bast of the largest forest trees and from the slender stems of twinning ferns…

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