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Plate I. Fig. l.—Wiltdiseasein upland cotton, Dillon, S.C. Fig. 2.— Healthy 



field of upland cotton, Dillon, S. C. _. 16 



II. Fig. 1.— .Tannovitch, an Egj-ptian cotton, on the left; King, an 

 upland cotton, on the right, showing comparative resistance to 

 the wilt disease. Fig. 2. —Jackson on the left, Drake on the right, 

 showing comparative resistance to the wilt disease ... 16 



III. Fig. 1. — Root tufts produced on Jannovitch cotton l^y repeated par- . 



tial infections by the wilt fungus. Fig. 2. — Egyptian cotton 

 plants fi'om infected and noninfected soil, showing dwarfing 

 effect of the wilt fungus. -_ _, .. .__ 16 



IV. Sea island cotton resistant to the wilt disease. The result of selec- 



tion from resistant plants _ _ . . 16 



