INDEX 



391 



14-5 ; imported cotton, 15, 159 : im- 

 provement in, 22 ; compulsory culti- 

 vation of Jumel's cotton in, 22, 312 ; 

 grade names of, 45, 47 ; passage in 

 Virgil regarding cotton in, also culti- 

 vation in fourteenth century, 86,1157 ; 

 Senaar, see Tree Cotton; Suakim, 

 154 ; Soudan, which see ; herbaceous 

 cotton in, 157-9 ; cotton brought by 

 Jumel (O. brasiliense) to, 166, 219, 

 220, 221, 224, 312-3 ; cultivation but 

 no record of introduction of qfifi, 

 abassi, &c., 166-7, 219, 224, 276; 

 early maturity in, 181 ; old examples 

 mainly O. hirsutum in, 185 ; early 

 indigenous cotton spoken of, 219, 

 220; the 'Hindi Weed,' 169, 171, 

 182, 221, 223, 313; Sea Island in, 

 220, 221, 223, 278, 292 (Gallini); 

 degeneration of, 222 ; ashmouni the 

 oldest Egyptian cotton, 223 ; Mr. 

 Ball's specimens, see App. A, de- 

 scriptive notes on, 224 ; species best 

 suited to, 256 ; G. vitifolium (some 

 of the long staple of Egypt), 256, 

 possibly include Jannovitch, 222 ; 

 Damietta, 268 ; cross references, 22, 

 34, 83, 85, 169, 197, 215, 225, 267. 

 See Peruvian, also ' Abassi,' ' Ash- 

 mouni,' ' Hit afifi,' ' Gallini,' ' Hindi 

 Weed,' 'Jannovitch,' 'Jumel,' &c., 

 &c., in their alphabetical positions 



Elder. See Australia 



Elliott, Mr., endeavour to cultivate 

 black-seeded cotton in 1790, 20, 176 



' Ellis,' trade name, 238 



England (Great Britain), ' Manchester 

 cottons,' 12, 17 ; cotton conveyed to, 

 'Politic of Keeping the Sea,' 1430, A.D., 

 16; supremacy threatened, 24; im- 

 ported cotton goods, 17, 18 ; imported 

 raw fibre from the Levant, 17, 18, 

 19, 20, 313, 323 ; woollen manu- 

 factures, defence of, 18, 19 ; a cotton 

 manufacturing country in 1635, 18 ; 

 imported raw cotton from United 

 States, 20 ; imported raw cotton from 

 India, 20, 24; muslins and high 

 counts first produced, 1782, in, 20, 

 22, 189 ; trade terms in, 48 ; cottons 

 grown at Chelsea, at Badminton, and 

 at Daventry, 186-8, 191, 336; from 

 Brazil, 326. See Hybrids under 

 Clarke 



EBIODENDRON, 12, 52, 53; E. an- 

 fractuosum, 10 



Errapathi chettu, an Indian cotton. 

 See Nadam, also Madras 



' Essequibo ' cotton, 296 



Europe (see Calabria [Italy], Crete, 

 Cyprus, France, Greece, Naples, Sar- 

 dinia, Spain, &c.) : early cultivation 

 in, 16, 158, 184, 300 ; G. herbaceum 



first species cultivated in, 158-60, 

 323 ; cultivation of G. hirsutum in, 

 184 ; Naples, 211 ; kidney cotton in, 

 300 ; Brazilian cotton imported into, 

 326. See Levantine, also Roman 

 Cotton 



Evolution, 2, 331 



' Excelsior,' trade name, 238 



Experiments with cotton, effects of 

 ignorant, 2 ; by Bohr, 103 ; in the 

 Transvaal, 198; in Africa, 170-80, 

 293 ; in India with Egyptian races, 

 182, 225 ; with Sea Island, 293 ; danger 

 of experiment with unstable forms, 

 351. See Hybrids and Hybridisation, 

 also Improvement of Cotton 



' Fair,' Definition of in America, 48 



Feral states, 60, 182, 306. See Accli- 

 matisation 



Fernando Po (Island), West Africa, 

 cotton of, 298 



Fibre, The Cotton Wool : see Floss & 

 Fuzz, also Staple, 25-51 ; classifica- 

 tion of the floss or fibre, 6-7, 27, 32, 

 41-44, 56, 62 ; counts or lengths of 

 yarn to pound of cotton, 22, 46, 284 ; 

 history of discovery of, 9-12 ; prices 

 of fibre, 21, 158, 176, 198, 225, 279, 

 292 ; comparison between Sea Island 

 and Indian, 24, 36; grades, their 

 merits and names, 24, 29-30, 42, 

 45-9, 102, 122, 132, 151, 154, 173, 247, 

 259, 268, 278, 283, 331 ; microscopic 

 examination and structure of, 25-6 

 (see Bawson, d-c., in App. B.) ; 

 twisting of, 26, 28, 30, 34, 275, 298 ; 

 irregularity in growth, 26, 27, 30, 

 50; metabolism of cell, 27; uni- 

 formity in length essential, 27, 31, 35, 

 200,284; formation of cellulose, 27, 

 31-2, 38, 40 ; parts and contents of 

 cell, 27-8, 30-1, 33-4, 298 ; unripe, 

 mature and over -ripe cells, 28, 31, 33, 

 50 ; humidity (moisture) and swelling 

 of, 28, 29, 37-8, 49-50, 101, 102-8 ; 

 seasons of growth, 29 ; effect of 

 climate on, 29-30 ; dead or kempy 

 cotton, 32-34 ; wild versus culti- 

 vated, also effects of defective agri- 

 culture, 33 ; endochrome, 33 ; stan- 

 dard measurements of, length, thick- 

 ness, &c., 34-6, 49, 271, 275, 284 

 (see also Bawson, &c. in App. B.) ; 

 chemistry of cotton cell, 36-41; 

 strength, elasticity and breaking 

 strain of, 38, 40, 50, 284 ; mercerising 

 of, 38, 222, 298 (see also Bawson in 

 App. B.) ; increased weight in, 39 ; 

 ruptured or torn from seed, 41, 

 43 ; empirical tests, 49-51 ; two 

 coats of wool, 56; for Brahmical 



