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WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



Gibson. 



Myers. 



Dickson. 



Peerless. 



Peterkin. 



King. 



Duncan. 



Petit 

 Gulf. 



short woolly floss which adheres firmly. It is a hybrid of G. mexi- 

 canum x hirsutum. 



(26) ' Gibson ' a form raised by Mr. Gibson, Eoddy Van Zant Co., 

 Texas. This is much like the last mentioned in foliage, but the 

 flowers seem much larger, and turn early to purple, the floral glands 

 conspicuous, and the seeds with copious grey-white fuzz but fairly 

 long and almost silky floss. 



(27) 'Myers.' This was obtained from S. B. Maxey, Myers, 

 Texas the description of the foliage of (25) above would apply to 

 this plant also, but the flowers are here considerably smaller, the 

 petals hardly exceeding the tips of the teeth of the bracteoles ; petals 

 early tinged purple ; calyx large, teeth prominent, internal glands 

 conspicuous ; seeds very large, coarse, obtuse, and wool fairly copious 

 and woolly. 



Mention has been made of the fact that Professor Duggar had proposed 

 a classification of the Upland cottons. As this slightly amplifies that just 

 given it may be here briefly reviewed. He has established the following 

 seven groups, some of them corresponding with the groups already men- 

 tioned, viz. : 



1. Cluster Cottons of the Dickson type, which includes Welborn, Jackson's 

 Limbless, &c. They are early-maturing' cottons with the bolls, as the name 

 implies, produced in clusters, and the seeds have a thick fuzzy coat, and the 

 percentage of lint 32 to 34. 



2. Semi-cluster Cottons of the Peerless type, which includes many well- 

 known cottons such as Boyd, Cummings, Drake, Morris, Hawkins Prolific 

 and Jumbo, Hemdon, Tyler, &c. They are medium-maturity cottons, with 

 the bolls more or less clustered, fuzz well formed, and percentage of line 

 29 to 35. 



3. Bio Grande of the Peterkin type, such as Peterkin's Limb Cluster, 

 Excelsior, Texas Wool and Oak, Wise, &c. Well-branched plants with small 

 bolls, seeds naked, except a tuft of fuzz at the beak. Medium maturity with 

 percentage of lint 35. It may be here added that the Layton's Improved, 

 described above as a form of Peterkin, could not fall into this classification 

 since the seeds possess a fuzz. 



4. Short Limb of the King type. Plants well branched, limb short, bolls 

 small, seeds small, densely coated with fuzz. Early maturity plants, with 

 a lint percentage of 32 to 34. In addition to King's Improved this includes 

 Lowry. 



5. Big Boll of Duncan type. This is a large series which, in addition to 

 Duncan, includes Banks, Christopher, Truitt, Thrush, Stickland, Coppedge, 

 Culpepper, Grayson, Bussell, Lee, Scroggins, &c., &c. They are heavy and 

 strong late-maturity plants, with the lower branches spreading, the upper 

 short, bolls very large, seeds large, covered with thick fuzz, whitish in colour, 

 and percentage of lint 29 to 34. 



6. Long Limb Upland of the Petit Gulf type. This includes Gunn, 

 Cheise, Elk's, &c. They are very large plants of late maturity that possess 



