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Introduction 7 



Importance ©f uniformity in Egyptian cotton 9 



Lint and seed characters of Hindi cotton 11 



Distinctive characters of Hindi plants 14 



Habits of growth of Hindi cotton 14 



Leaf characters of Hindi cotton 15 



Floral characters of Hindi cotton 16 



Fruit characters of Hindi cotton 15 



Prevalence of Hindi cotton in Egypt 18 



Characters of Hindi hybrids 26 



Distinctive features of hybrids 26 



Coherence of characters in hybrids 28 



Intensification of characters in hybrids 33 



Relationships of Hindi and Egyptian cottons 36 



Supposed increase of Hindi cotton 41 



Estimate of damage from the Hindi contamination 43 



Other causes of deterioration of the Egyptian crop 45 



Prospects of Egyptian cotton in the LTnited States 48 



Conclusions 51 



Description of plates 54 



Index 55 



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