390 



WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



87-91 ; Dacca, 104-7 ; assamica, 109- 

 112 ; Nanking, 122-4 ; himalayana, 

 125 ; Nadam, 128-9 ; Bani, 131-4 ; 

 Boji, 137 ; soudanensis, 138 ; Wight- 

 iana, 147-53; africana, 154-5; 

 herbaceum, 159-63 ; punctatum, 174- 

 182 ; hirsutum, 190-200 ; religiosa, 

 201-4 ; Schottii, 209 ; microcarpum, 

 213 ; peruvianum, 217-26 ; mexi- 

 canum, 230-44 ; purpurascens, 254- 

 255; vitifolium, 261-5; Sea Island, 

 275-95; brasiliense, 302-15; geo- 

 graphically, see under names of 

 countries concerned ; effects of, 8, 

 40, 59-60, 191, 253, 305-7, 324, 332-5, 

 350 ; early (350 B.C.), 11 ; seasons 

 of growt and harvest, &c., 29-30, 33, 

 50; survivals of former cultivation, 

 102 ; early and late maturity plants, 

 151, 181, 233, 238-9, 286-9, 305, 336 ; 

 pruned, see Katooned ; result of 

 neglect in, 306; variability of forms, 

 229-30 ; chief areas of, 246-7, 319, 

 322-7 ; weeding, 389 



' Culpepper,' trade name, 237-8 



' Cummings," trade name, 237-8 



Cuprammonia or cuoxam, 39 



' Curapao ' Island (Venezuela) of Rohr, 

 120, 168, 169, 170, 333, 334 



Cyprus, Cultivation in and exports from, 

 15,17,159. See Europe 



Cytological research, 339-40 



Dabalio, 152 



Dacca cotton : see Bengal 



Dahom, yellow Siam cotton of, 175, 



See Africa (West) 

 Damascus, cotton cultivation of, 159, 



160. See Asia Minor 

 Damietta : see Egypt 

 Dardanelles, 158. See Europe 

 Dar-es-Salaam : see Zambesi 

 ' Dead ' or ' Kempy ' cotton : see Fibre 

 Deccan and Khandesh (also Maratha 

 Country), cottons of, cultivated, 122, 

 125, 128-131 ; hemp, 52 ; wild, 142 ; 

 Belgaum, 145; Canara,252; Dharwar 

 (saw-ginned) cotton, 22, 46, 134, 183, 

 198-9; Khandesh, 46, 96, 113. See 

 Bombay, also G. hirsutum and Up- 

 lands 

 De Foe, Daniel : dispute with East 



India Company, 19 



Degeneration of cotton, 137, 147, 191 

 (G. hirsutum), 199,200, 222, 275, 282 

 (Sea Island), 285, 288,306,320, 328-9 

 Delagoa Bay : see South Africa 

 Demerara, British Guiana, which see 

 Deo kapas, 82, 202 ; dev, 93 ; dyva 



nerma, 95 



Deshi (desi), 97, 98, 132, 133, 149, 150 ; 

 deshila, 132; deshi of Broach, 151, 



335 ; deshi amod, 152 ; deshi Broach 

 x bani, 336 



Dev-kapas ; see Deo 



Dharwar : see Deccan 



Dhofar cotton : see Arabia 



Dholca : see Gujarat 



Dhollera (' Dhollerah ') : see Kathiawar 



DICELLOSTYLES, 73 



Diego Garcia : see Polynesia 



Diseases of the cotton plant: weevil, 

 241, 242, 243 ; wilt, 283, 331 ; im- 

 mune to, 243, 256, 307, 310 ; remedies 

 for, 285, 330-1 ; localities where 

 weevil unknown, 319 ; cross-refer- 

 ences, 21, 241, 243, 319 



Dominica. See West Indies 



' Doughty,' trade name, 239 



' Drake,' trade name, 238 



' Drake's Cluster,' trade name, 232 



DBYNABIA, 72 



Dumroy (Eastern Bengal), water and 

 thread of, 106 



' Duncan,' trade name, 238 : ' Duncan's 

 Mammoth Prolific,' 241 



Dunkan, Dr. P. (associate of Eohr), 

 262, 264, 305 



Dupoy, M., cultivation of cotton on 

 Lower Alps, 159 



' Durango,' trade name,' 231 



DURIO, 53 



Dwarf Cotton. See Rasteiro 



' Dyva Nerma Capass.' See Deo 



Early maturity plants. See Cultiva- 

 tion 



Early Small Boll Series. See Staple 



East Africa, British, cottons of ; Lake 

 Rudolf cottons, 171 ; Nyassaland, 

 153, 171, 196-7, 211, 298, 311; 

 Somali Coast, 215; Tanganika, 298, 

 311; Malindi (wild), 317; Mundane 

 Hills, 317; N. Bote (wild), 317; 

 Mombassa, 317 



East India Company, efforts to improve 

 cotton in India, 19, 20, 22, 23 ; re- 

 sentment of Dr. Hove's mission, 20 ; 

 enterprise of, 313-4 



Eastern Bengal and Assam. See Assam, 

 also Bengal 



Economic importance of cotton, 9 ; eco- 

 nomic properties, 52 



Ecuador (S. America), cotton of, 258 



Edisto Island, cotton of, 45 ; Sea 

 Island in, 277. See G. barbadense, 

 var. maritima 



Edson, Mr. A. W., okra cotton, 233 



Egypt and Egyptian cotton (G. peruvi- 

 anum, which see), 113, 123, 138, 154, 

 159, 166, 170-71, 181-2, 183, 198, 

 201, 212, 215, 219-24, 224, 242, 251, 

 257, 258, 266, 268, 275-6, 292-3,312- 

 3 ; cultivation in thirteenth century, 



