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cotton will thrive upon these sand flats and drifts, forming the sea- 
board to the north of Madras, and the advantages of the northern 
canal for the transport of produce would be a further inducement to an 
extension of the experiments. But it is not likely ever to be a remus 
nerative speculation, unless the cotton is grown with grain, to enable 
the grower to pay the existing land-tax. The seed was sown too laté 
in the season to ensure a fair trial. 
- In North Arcot a crop was grown in a garden at Chittoor, cleaned by 
hand, and in June 1 lb. of cleaned cotton and 2 Ibs. of seed were ob- 
tained. This sample of Peruvian cotton grown in India was reported 
upon, both by a manufacturer in Manchester, and by one of the princi- 
pal cotton-brokers in London. The first authority reports that it is of 
excellent quality, and would meet with a ready sale; that it is the right 
thing in every respect, of good colour, right length of staple, and very 
strong. He considers it, if anything, rather superior to “ New Orleans,” 
which sells at 22d. per lb. The London broker also reports that it is 
a very useful description of cotton, with a long and strong staple, good 
colour, and very clean 
These results of the culture of Peruvian cotton in the Madras Pre- 
sidency, have led the Board of Revenue to attach a high value to it, 
and they have received several applications for seed. I shall, there- 
fore, forward additional supplies with as little delay as possible, and 
the Cotton Supply Association have taken steps to procure several tons 
of seed from Peru. 
FLORULA ORCADENSIS.—A LIST OF PLANTS REPORTED 
TO OCCUR IN THE ORKNEY ISLES. 
By H. C. Watson, Esq., F.L.S. 
- Full lists of plants have been published for the Hebrides, Shetland, 
Faroe, and Iceland; but hitherto no sufficiently full list of those found 
in the group of islets called “ Orkney ? has been placed on record, to 
-complete the series of insular florules which serve to connect the botany 
of Britain with that of Scandinavia and boreal America. I do not 
know of any resident in Orkney who is qualified or likely to supply 
this desideratum in botanical literature by the publication of a Flora 
