Page:The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool, and other fibrous substances 2.djvu/228

 to the great superiority of the fibres of these plants over cotton, flax, &c. This is particularly the case in regard to Mr. Zincke, for although he succeeded in producing some very beautiful specimens of fabric, in conformity with the foregoing specification, yet, the manufacture does not appear to make much progress, chiefly on account of the ''inferiority in point of strength of the cloth'', more especially when bleached.