Show sisal graft grass sisal grass is likely to prove a very important source of wealth for mexico it prows grows in long narrow blades often to the length of four or five feet and these when dry curl up from side to sid side e forming a string stronger than any cotton cord of tho the same size ever manufactured it is in great demand domand among florists and among manufacturers rs ofra of various rious kinds of grass goods and it is said to bo be capable of being applied to many new uses ropes cards lines of any description and size may be manufactured of it and a ships cable of sisal grass is one of the possibilities bili ties of tho the future it is almost impervious to the action of salt water and is not readily decayed or disintegrated by moisture and heat beat it takes its name from the port of sisal in yucatan through gli which it was formerly exported board of trade journal |