56 HINDI COTTON IN EGYPT. 



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Contamination, extent of damage from Hindi cotton 7, 24-25, 43-44, 51 



Correlation, characters of cotton, distinguished from coherence 30 



lint characters of cotton 37 



Cotton, Egyptian, colors of foliage 15, 24 



deterioration in product 42-A3 



habits of growth at Benha, Egypt 54 



leaf characters as distinguished from Hindi 15-16 



prospects in the United States 48-50 



relation of quality of fiber to vigor 50 



relationships to Hindi cotton 36^1 



seed characters contrasted with Hindi 12 



substitution of grades of yarn 49-50 



succession of varieties 33 



See also names of varieties. 



Hindi, application of name to type 7 



characters of bolls 17-18 



degree of prevalence in Egypt 18-26 



distinctive characters of plants 14-18, 54 



fruit characters 17-18, 27-28 



hybrids, characters 16, 26-36 



lint and seed characters 11.13 



possible source in Mesopotamia 37 



relationships to Egyptian cotton 36^1 



Upland cotton 36 



storm-proof qualities lacking 13 



supposed increase, discussion 41^3 



See also Bracts, Branches, Calyx, Carpels, Coherence, Color, Con- 

 tamination, Countings, Flowers, Foliage, Fuzz, Germina- 

 tion, Habits of growth. Hybrids, Roguing. 



Sea Island, culture 9, 10, 11-12 



susceptibility to disease of hybrids 35 



system of culture in Egypt 46, 54 



Upland, compared with Hindi 36 



course of distribution, discussion 37, 40 



substitution for Egyptian 49-50 



See also names of varieties. 



Countings of Hindi cotton plants 19-23, 44 



Damage from contamination. See Contamination. 

 Deccan hemp. See Hibiscus cannabinue. 



Degeneration, running out of varieties of cotton 11, 33, 45 



Delta, Nile, regional superiority of Egyptian cotton crop 9, 20 



Deterioration, cotton, causes of decline in jaeld and quality 11, 42-43, 45^8 



Disease, susceptibility of certain cotton hybrids 35 



Diversity, relation to hybridization, principal elements 27 



Egyptian cotton. See Cotton, Egyptian. 



Fayum, countings of Hindi cotton plants 23 



observations as to roguing of cotton 21-22 



Ferrar, H. T., on artificial water table 47 



Fertility, Egyptian soils, relation to cotton culture 45-46 



Fletcher, F., experiments with Hindi and Egyptian cottons. 30-32, 35, 37, 41, 47-48, 54 



on ancestry of Uj^land cotton 40 



Flowers, floral characters of Hindi cotton 16-17, 27 



Foaden, G. P., on seed selection and distribution 10 



use of fertilizers in Egypt 46 



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