Flax. New Zealand
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A one-page encyclopedia entry on New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), a leaf fibre plant unlike common flax. It describes the plant's botany, its native range in New Zealand and Norfolk Island, and the Maori use of the fibre for clothing, rope, twine, mats and cloth. It also covers import into Britain, attempts at cultivation in Europe, methods of extracting the fibre, and minor medicinal and food uses. Includes a botanical engraving of the plant.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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