TitleIllustrated London News 1862 vol.41 page 402DescriptionThe article lists a wide range of plant fibres that have been proposed as alternatives or supplements to cotton, including flax, hemp, jute, New Zealand flax, China grass, nettle fibres, sunn hemp, silk cotton, pineapple fibre, plantain fibre, and aloe. It notes that many of these fibres are already used for clothing in various countries and have been documented extensively in reports and studies on global fibrous plants Year1862Volume41Page Number402FormatNewspaper article
