CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



I. HISTORY OF COTTON AND THE COTTON INDUSTRY . 9 



II. THE COTTON FIBRE . . 25 



III. THE SPECIES, VARIETIES AND RACES OF THE 



COTTON PLANT 52 



IV. IMPROVEMENT OF THE COTTON PLANT. . . . 819 



APPENDIX: (A) ENUMERATION OF SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 

 (B) LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED: AND (C) SYNONYMS OF 



SPECIES, VARIETIES, &c 853 



INDEX 385 



