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  • Paper - Information on the botanical sources of paper.
  • Plant Fibers - Information, photographs, and a crossword puzzle.
  • Rope-making - From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • The Incredibly Usable Cattail - Although not used often today in the U.S., this is what was used to cane the seats of chairs. But as Euell Gibbons said: “some parts are edible.”

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