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Gossypkim herhaceum, L. ; gossypium roseum, Tod; gossyp- 

 ium nankin, Mey ; gossypium Mexiccmum, Tod; gossypium 

 maritimuin, To I; gossypium hirsutum, Mill; gossypium har- 

 hadense, Linn. 



Some of these have 

 been blended and in- 

 tercrossed to such a 

 degree as to almost 

 conceal the distinctive 

 features of each spe- 

 cies. There is strong 

 reason to suppose that 

 the "upland cotton" is 

 a hybrid produced by 

 blending the proper- 

 ties of several species, 

 under the cultivation 





of a long series of years. For instance the Bailey and Okra 

 leaf varieties seem to be the oifsprings from the gossypium 

 mar it i Ilium Tod, and g. roseum Tod. They have the Sea 

 Island properties in the 

 small black, smooth 

 seed, the long fiber and 

 the deep lobing of the 

 leaves. Cherry's cluster, 

 and other forms like it, 

 have properties resem- 

 bling gossypium Wigldi- 

 anum Tod, g. 3Iexicanum 

 Tod, and g. maritimum 

 Tod. Cotton has been 

 cultivated in the South 

 for such a long period, 

 and seed from so many 

 , different sources have 

 been planted in such 

 near localities to each 

 other, every opportu- 



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