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Show 2 vine which furnishes a mucilaginous bark is the binan-kazura or binan-Fatsur (Katsura japonica, L.), but the bark of this vine s used to suc a small exten for the sizing of paper that it is insignificant, and mention of it is mad ere only to make the compilation as completeas possibl he material used for imparting a gloss or lustre to Japanese paper i known as fsua-nori, being made from rice flour. Kaolin and similar mineral and clays used in the "loading" of Japanes paper arc termed ishi-nori Th vegetable size (shokubutsu- mm)is alwavs employed irrespective of th tswa-nori used for making paper gltmy, or th ishi-nori, Lhe substance employed to increase the weight o wangtung Province of China size for paper is m'\d:by l)mlm the leaves and twigs of an evergreen shrub, sai if tung ts'ing (Ilex pubescens H.&A.),or those of a tree known as faai ip tung ts'ing (Ilex rotunda, Thunb.) In China size is also made from the roots of the ka saam nim (Abelmoschu moschatus, L.), and the bark of the muk min tree (Bombax ceiba, L.); as wel as from the shavings of the pluau fi (Machilus thunbergii, S. and Z.), the latte being the same mucilaginous substance that is used by Chinese women as pomade for the hair. The shavings grade, however, than those employed in making pomade. The shavings about four inches in width and about the thickness of cardboard, are place in an carthen vessel, covered with water, and stamped with bare fect unti the glue or size is extracted. The liquid is strained through bamboo basket and is then ready for the papermakers InKorea,asin Japan, the size used in the paper is made from the Hibiscu ‘manihot (Abelmoschus manihot medicus), the oot of this plant being generall conceded in both countries to be the finest sizing material when the bes methods of old traditional papermaking are practised. During my visit to the paper mills of Japan and Korea this particular plant was much i evidence and it was my privilege to sec the entire process of preparing th size from the roots; a most simple procedure, but one requiring considerabl Al rights reserved |