Rope of fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 67228 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 11.00 CRUCIFERAE Armoracia rusticana | Entry Book Number | 187.1884 | |
| Artefact Name | Rope of fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Rope of fibre | Geography Description | Great Britain, Salisbury | ||
| Uses | Rope of fibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Davidson Mrs, Ashmore Rectory, Salisb | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Two letter enclosed as follows 1. From Mrs Davidson - Dear Sir, I am much obliged for your note and the particulars you kindly mention as to the use made of the fibre of horseradish leaves. It is poss that it might be more useful in, the manufacture of twine than of paper making - but the fact of a patent having been taken out in 1884 for its use for that purpose is very interesting. Again thanking you very much for the kind trouble you have taken. Believe me, Yours very truly Kat, e L Davidson. - WJ Thistleton Dyer. 2. Letter from Mrs Davidson, Nov 19th, 1884 - Mrs D presents her compliments to Sir Joseph Hooker and begs to enclose a small piece of twine made by the gardener of the fibres of common horseradish. He ventures to ask, whether the plant has ever been used in the manufacture of cordage mats, and if it is likely to be of sufficient economic value to be grown for such purposes - because if so the crop is of such easy culture that it might be worth while to call attention, to the fact. Mrs Davidson having always met with such exceeding courtesy at Kew and having also had the pleasure of sending plants - Heterotoma lobelioides and Carpenteria californica etc in time past to the gardens which have been accepted, ventures to t, respass of Sir JD Hookers valuable time for his opinion on a point which seems to be some interest. The fibre received no sort of preparation being simply run through the fingers to remove the decaying portion of the stem and twisted on the spot. Opusc, ular source:Note by Kew on bottom of letter - 'The only ref for its use in 1854 'For the employment of the fibre of the leaves of horseradish is paper making' Nov 25. 1884. | ||||