FIBRES, OR SILKEN MATERIAL OF THE PINE-APPLE.
Fibres of the Pine-Apple--Facility of dyeing--Manner of preparing the
fibres for weaving--Easy cultivation of the plant--Thrives where no
other plant will live--Mr. Frederick Burt Zincke’s patent process of
manufacturing cloth from the fibres of this plant--Its comparative
want of strength--Silken material procured from the Papyfera--Spun
and woven into cloth--Cloth of this description manufactured
generally by the Otaheiteans, and other inhabitants of the South Sea
Islands--Great strength (supposed) of ropes made from the fibres of the
aloe--Exaggerated statements 185