Among the products which science has put to valuable serric* is the nettle, a weed which is now being culti* vatod in somo parts •of Europe, its fibre proving useful for a va.net- of textile fabrics. In Dresden a- thread is produced from it so fine that a length of sixty miles weighs only two and a half pounds. ■"-•''
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14538, 25 November 1907, Page 4
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59Untitled Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14538, 25 November 1907, Page 4
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