INDEX 



EXCLUDING NAMES OF AUTHORS AND TITLES OF THEIK WORKS, &c., ALSO 

 THE CITATIONS OF SPECIMENS AND SYNONYMS, ALL OF WHICH WILL 



BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX LlSTS A, B, AND C. 



Abassi = White Egyptian cotton, 166, 

 214, 221, 224 ; original stock of, 214 ; 

 earlier than Jannovitch, 220 ; culti- 

 vation in Egypt, 221, 224 ; origin of, 

 223 ; in India, 225 ; cross-references, 



182, 185, 221, 293 

 Abbeokuta : see Lagos 

 ABUTILON, 52, 53 



Abyssinia and Abyssinian cottons, 14, 

 84, 92, 122, 131-2, 135, 157, 173, 228 ; 

 indigenous, 158 ; cross-reference, 323 



Acclimatisation and acclimatised forms, 

 6, 100, 102, 249, 327-8 ; of assamica, 

 109 ; of obtusifolium, 139 ; of punc- 

 tatum, 169; of Ursutum, 190, 199; 

 of purpurascens, 251, 254 ; of barba- 

 dense, 273, 275-80 ; of brasiliense, 

 298, 306, 311, 314-5. See Feral 



Acid purification, 39 



ADANSONIA, 53 ; pollen-grains of, 345 



Afghan cotton, 46, 117, 126-7, 156, 157 ; 

 Ushtarzai, 97 



Africa and African cottons, species and 

 races, 83, 92, 97, 117, 118, 128, 131, 

 135, 138, 140, 143, 153-5, 169-81, 



183, 196-8, 201, 211, 214, 215, 227, 

 228, 251, 252, 258, 268, 293, 298,299, 

 311, 316 ; influence on American 

 cotton, 18 ; indigenous green-seeded 

 cotton, 22 ; goods, 17, 60 ; wild and 

 indigenous, 91, 154, 169, 171, 311, 

 317 ; herbaceous cottons, 154 ; geo- 

 graphical groups of cottons, 155 ; 

 association of G. peruvianum with, 

 166 ; length of staple, 176 ; Uplands 

 versus Egyptian in, 180 ; prospects of 

 future cultivation iii, 175 ; influence 

 of G. Kirkii on, 246, 317; recent 

 successes in, 293. See East Africa ; 

 South Africa ; West Africa, also under 

 chief countries, e.g. Angola, Ashanti, 

 Congo, Gold Coast, Lagos, Liberia, 

 Nigeria, Senegambia, Sierra Leone, 

 Togo, Zambesi, Zanzibar, &c. 



Agra and Oudh, United Provinces of, 

 95, 144 ; Moradabad, 97 ; Kheri, 97 ; 

 Meerut, 98; Gorakhpur, 127; Sa- 

 haranpur, 110, 131, 171, 185, 202, 

 258 ; Banda, 131 



Agriculture, importance in, 9 ; defec- 

 tive, 33 ; triumph of, 322. See Cul- 

 tivation 



Ahmedpur : see Deccan 



Akese cotton, 92 



Akola : see Nagpur and Berar 



Alabama, cotton of, 169, 170, 181, 185, 

 192 



Albania, cotton of, 158 



Albash or Abyssinia, 14 



ALBUM = white or fuzzy-seeded cotton, 

 248 



Alexander, Dr. C. A. (1870), 100 



Algiers, cotton of, 157, 158 



Algodao do governo cotton, Algodao 

 macaco, Algodao par do, Algodoi, 

 Algodoim, 309 



' Allen,' a special race of cotton, 235 ; 

 ' hybrid ' and ' improved,' 239 



' Algodoeiro selvagem,' wild kidney 

 cotton, 308 



Alps and Pyrenees, cotton cultivation 

 on, 159 



Althaea, 53 ; A. cannabina, 52 ; pollen 

 of, 345, 349 ; A. rosea, 349 



Amanihii of the Upper Amazonas, 

 Amaniju of the Tupis, Amany-ri of 

 the Caynas, 296 



Amazons, cotton of, 256, 304 



Amballa : see Panjab 



Ambli (Dhollera) race of Indian cotton, 

 148 



Ameniiou and Bombasin of Lerius, 

 295-6, 303 



America and American (United States) 

 cottons, discovery of cotton in, 17, 

 18; early attempts at cultivation 

 in, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 81, 101, 184, 

 188, 192, 195, 230, 272, 286, 307; 



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