PLATE VI. 
in every stage, from the opening of the flower, to the shedding of fleecy 
masses of Cotton-wool from the gaping capsules. I regret that I have 
no means of judging whether the experiment was a success or no, and 
that I am, moreover, unable to name the species of Cotton grown. The 
flowers were about four times the size of those of Lavatera, and of a 
pale sulphur yellow ; the corolla was never widely expanded, and the 
stigma was entire, with dotted channels on its surface. The whole plant 
was about the height of a raspberry bush, but with a woody branching 
stem, and the upper parts rough with coarse hairs. I believe that 
Gossypium barbadense and its varieties yields the best Cotton of manu- 
facture. The specimens from which I drew this plate were gathered in 
January, the seeds being procured rather later. Flowering commences 
about Christmas time, and ends in April. 
