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permit; and thirdly, to so blend the best properties of the 

 foreign cotton with those of the superior grades of Ameri- 

 can varieties as to produce an exceptionably fine cotton 

 plant. 



This bulletin contains the results secured through the 

 first and second steps, and the data are much more gratify- 

 ing than the author anticipated. During the season ot 1895 

 several hundred crosses were made between the best Amer- 

 ican cottons and these foreign species and the seeds were 

 carefully gathered and assorted for cultivation during the 

 coming season.. From the present outlook some very inter- 

 esting facts will be secured from these experiments. It is 

 the intention of the writer to issue a bulletin after this crop 

 is gathered to discuss the results secured by the third step 

 in the plan outlined above. 



In conducting these experiments the following so-called 

 varieties were secured from India, Egypt and Mexico, and 

 most of them were first planted in 1894. (Three of the va- 

 rieties, however, viz: Mit Afifi, Bamieh and Mannoah were 

 first planted in 1893): 



Bajwara, Mirzapore, 



Bamieh, Mit Afifi, 



■^'Bani, "Mexican resists drought," 



'^Bombay, "Mexican," 



Broach, "Mexican," 



*Bourbon, *"Nagpur jari, 



:t:Creula, Narma, 



Deshi, Nadam, 



Ghoghari, Nimari bani, 



*Guchard, *Painaa, 



Herbucco, |Roji, 



Indrepur, Surat Kupas, 



*Jari, *"Tree cotton" (Mexico,) 



Jakko, "Upland Georgian" (Mexico,) 



Mannoah, *Wagaria Wadhwan. 



*These failed to germinate. 



tRequii'es two years for maturing balls. 



