A one-page 1915 article from Textiles by Dr. Louis J. Matos on microscopic and chemical methods for identifying textile fibers. It describes dye, olive oil and sulphuric acid tests for telling cotton from flax, then the cross-section and longitudinal features of the bast fibers flax, hemp, jute, New Zealand hemp and ramie, with figures 16-20. The page also carries the continuation of an unrelated article on power transmission in textile mills.