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RICE PAPER

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICE
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PAPER  . The substance which has received this name in
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Europe, through the mistaken notion that it is made from
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rice, consists of the
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pith of a small
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tree, Aralia papyrifera, which grows in the swampy forests of
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Formosa . The cylindrical core of pith is rolled on a hard
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flat
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surface against a
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knife, by which it is cut into thin sheets of a
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fine
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ivory-like texture . Dyed in various
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colours, rice
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paper is extensively used for the preparation of artificial
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flowers, while the
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white sheets are employed by native artists for
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water-
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colour drawings .

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