New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
THE RlMTE PLANT.
ITS ADVANTAGES AND PECULIARITlEs-h'ooII ~"
As A TEXTILE MATERIAL-sEA 'hN's' -.

,-e .r,,,NrAcrs Avn pECUITARITIEs-NOT NJ"
AS A TEXTILE MATERIAL-sEA GRASS
The China or sea grass, better known III one vs'd 81
country as the Ramt plant e@s successfully cultivated
in Louisiana and Texas rs ~ troduce il on an
Irt 49, No in California It appears ihat ile IE
mauufaC have taken u uI NV ifeTweayngit with
and nqrticuarly attractive goQus ny ,en ~ these
49, 49,. paniI forming the chains SptcihlthS land
fabrics have been sent TO o in that city the
tio 81 Them. The agent states tia ,i"s Of mis-
cfySu d 10 follow this order up by TeGnh hs en-
cTeafer also that he has been & oUontity of the
p I'm california aud 20 make every eiSaIi IL is about
The California farmers TO cur ~ Goods of many
70 m England lie further says t sh"E o CON gef
OF make advances on c an, TO make beginning st an
yeufs Tie chef difficulty IN ials,I 6at vgeen emitting
eNyn bt nj Inc SOUTH which preVaS we t I I
mt,bsU he new growth-the plant being 5pV 70 ui' p az
and witber under c0ntluueu ob,,ated nv artificial
thls ~ be following said to be among the au
yantaces connected WITH lhe Cult t"t % ts on1nre
i'js and free from insect rdNaEesi lts CluLo
llahs - han cotton and II will pay better u sur
100 a textiles for human clothing III lenBh OF Wa va
and n the great variety OF combinations 70 WI snb
spucablc il promises TO be cheap anu PUPui I ne
sii1tc for linen. Manufacturers say that u VIII, W
t6eT rsnd advances effect great and radical changes
An tbe STYLES OF wooden and wOrsted combinations A
frtb mako il a substitute for silk and that 1t Will be
very largely interviewer with SILK lsI, ~ ss oojs
The culty of procuring cotton Of the best quaty from
India aud Egypt and OF obtaining u ID tcS 95vaVs
ON hand has been one reason why they have turned
tLcr attention this China grass Just now anu gre
drawing the attention Of the world 70 IL ihe alIiSo
itscf h not new as material for teXuIe laoIcs, tHy
cars ago Summer coats made OF II were Known unueE
ibe name OF sea grass HandkeTcmefs hne as can1Ile
are made OF 10 Manila and before CIlhone came ihto
fashion il was used for ladies' skirts For years past,
certain fayore STYLES Of goods have Dee maze EUROPE
nv myiup China grass with wool and with SILK as Jho1
do now Inn China and Japan. But, Tor some reason vi
other thp China grass Summer coats nave dsappSaIeu
from Tho market the fashion has changed, anu peII
fhe manufacturers themselves withdrew TINS aIuG.o
from tle market because there was too much wear IN
IL was well known that its gloss was pefnaDeh anN 10
II rcsemhled fine linen in texture ana COOlH. - -,
apparcnty 10 would last forever Possibly, Wv tba
riasers got tired Of wearing IT, as IS not ~ @
SaSo with regard 10 other Ongenduung teNtles leIe
are several varieties Of the Ramca WOrd, DS lhe way
abich il NOT 10 be found in NebStcrs Dictionary,
more than 50 Years and in Asia for hundreds OF years IL
Is called n common parlauCe Cmuagass and seagfass
Tbe French ca II Article la chine It's botanical names
are Ttiicq NiBca and UrticH CdldicdES. two distinct
varieties of the same plant and BdchDerd tcdcSSmd'
account Of the toughness Of its fiber and IS the
now cultivated I'm Texas. The name 'kaulle SoL lnu'
origin Iii said that Ram6 cannot be raised Oh pi%.a
tons from seed, because the latter IS 700 iaIl any,
delicate for field culture, and requires nhely uessu
garden beds proper development. The plant must nc
raised ON plantations from cuttings aud roots Inc uV
crop serves for supplying cuttings and roots or me
and certain soils viii yield three crops OF coo 70 IVO
mounds weight per The fiber is worth III cents
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