Rope from fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36859 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.06 DRACAENACEAE Sansevieria grandis | Entry Book Number | 14.1902 | |
| Artefact Name | Rope from fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Rope from fibre | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Rope from fibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hooker Sir JD | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: See Bot. Mag Feb 1st 1903. Report by Ide & Christie 72 Mark Lane E.C. 9.3.02. The material can well be the Sansevieria you indicate, it is a good class fibre much liked this end. Value today 35 pounds sterling per ton. Called upon Messrs Id, e & Christy who informed me that Sansevieria fibre from Cuba is not a popular article of commerce only odd sample bales having been let in this country. The plant thrives in Cuba but money is required to develop the industry. J Mist. ? 2.4.02. I enclose, specimens of the fibre of the magnificent Sansevieria which flowered in the Mexican House last year. I am corresponding with the gentleman (Dr Heath) who sent the plant to the Royal Botanic Society (from whom we have it), and he tells me that it was intr, oduced by a Cuban House as a fibre plant which house came to grief, because the business of growing the plant was not carried out in a practical manner. He adds, the fibre is of a fine white silky colour, and is of enormous strength, a few strands would, hang a man, and sends the enclosed specimen. (extract from letter, Sir J D Hooker to Director Feb. 4th 1902.) | ||||