396 



WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



' Hawkin's Prolific,' trade name, 193, 



238 



Hazara, cotton of, 97, 125 

 Hedges to protect cotton, 131, 290. See 



also Cultivation 



Herbaceo, cotton of Branner, 309 

 ' Herndon,' trade name, 238 

 Herzog, Dr. study of cotton fibre, 41 

 HIBISCE^l, 53, 346 

 HIBISCUS CANNABINUS, 52 ; brae- 



teoles in Hibiscus, 55 ; H. esculentus, 



207 ; H. Sabdariffa, 263 

 Highs, discoveries by, 19 

 ' Hill Cotton,' sent to Boxburgh from 



Farrackabad, 314 



Hilton Head, Sea Island cottons in, 21 

 ' Hindi Weed ' of Egypt, 182, 209, 221, 



223, 313 ; origin of name, 182 ; from 

 Egypt to India, 171 ; and moqiii 

 difficult botanical separation of, 182. 

 See also Egypt. 



Hinganghat silky cotton : see Bani, 

 Nagpur and Berar (Oomras), also 

 Hybrids and Hybridisation. 



Hiragunda-kdpas, vern. in India for 

 Roji, 136 ; Hiraguni Jcdpas, Indian 

 vern. for G. Stocksii, 75 



History, Cotton and Cotton Industry, 

 9-24 ; records of America, 100 



Honolulu : see Hawaii 



Hont, Abyssinian vern., 159 



Hove, Dr., described red and yellow 

 flowered cotton, 94-5 ; perennial and 

 annual cultivation in Gujarat, 136, 

 137. See App. A 



Hulu-hulu, Hawaiian vern., 69, 70 



Humidity of cotton spinning. See 

 under Fibre 



1 Hunnicutt,' trade name, 193 



Hybrids, Hybridisation and Crossing 

 experiments, 331-51 ; 2, 58, 59, 62, 

 81, 88, 89, 90, 113, 133-4, 146, 165, 

 182, 185, 190, 192, 193, 207-9, 223, 



224, 229-30, 241, 247, 270, 278-9, 

 282, 285, 286, 292, 302, 306, 315, 317, 

 321, 326-7, 348 ; origin in specific 

 areas, 208 ; result of cultivation with, 

 42, 229 ; of allied species and different 

 groups, 62 ; Burn's mosaic hybrid of 

 Broach, 89, 335 ; from Bangkok, 93 ; 

 Major T. Clarke's experiments, 111, 

 113, 134, 165, 190-1, 336-8 ; Gammie's 

 experiments, 109, 111-12, 134, 332, 

 339, 346, 348 ; Aliotta's studies, 274, 

 331-2 ; Tracey's experiments, 192-3, 

 332 ; Ball's experiments, 194, 234-5, 

 339 ; Cannon's investigations, 339-40 ; 

 Chinese and Indian, 134 ; Asiatic x 

 American (Old and New World forms), 

 134, 152-3, 165, 190, 191, 321, 336, 

 339 ; crosses between naked and 

 fuzzy seeds ; G. hirsutum x barba- 

 dense, 194 ; special Egyptian hybrids, 



223 ; crossing of Sea Island and 

 fuzzy-seeded, 278 ; American Upland 

 and Sea Island, 278 ; between naked 

 and fuzzy, 278, 292, 293, 321, 335-6, 

 339 ; crosses between fuzzy seeds 

 only, G. arboreum with G. herbaceum, 

 146 ; G. obtusifolium and G. Nan- 

 king, 147 ; races of var. Wightiana, 

 151-2 ; between G. herbaceum, G. 

 hirsutum and G. obtusifolium, 165 ; 

 of var. nigeria, 166, 324 ; with Hindi 

 Weed, 182 ; between G. hirsutum 

 and mexicanum, 185 ; of G. mexica- 

 num, 193 ; between G. punctatum 

 and peruvianum, 216 ; of G. Nanking, 

 323 ; of var. Jamaica, 324 ; crosses 

 between naked seeds only, 134, 246, 

 247, 334; of G. barbadense, 268; 

 hybrids of G. barbadense and G. 

 brasiliense, 281 ; of G. vitifolium, 

 281 ; of Sea Island, 282 ; between 

 Sea Island and Bourbon (suggested), 

 337 ; failure and difficulty in, 190, 

 337, 340; list of American historic 

 hybrids, 193 ; remarkable hybrids, 

 216 ; experiments in W. Indies, 225 ; 

 modern stock, 270 ; hybridisation 

 and racial production, 285, 287, 288 ; 

 hybridisation and trade requirements, 

 286 ; natural and artificial, 332 ; an 

 important cross, 335 ; in America, 338 ; 

 strength of, 338 ; of the sweet pea 

 contrasted, 340, 349 ; of sugar-cane, 

 340 ; conditions favourable for, 340 ; 

 systematic, 342 ; indicated by pollen 

 grains, 346 ; dominant characters in, 

 350, 351 ; complexity in, 350 



lea cotton of Peru, 210 

 Iclicaxihuitl of Ximenes in Piso, 255 

 Imbabura cottsn of Peru, 214, 218 

 Improvement of cotton : see Stock 

 India and Indian cottons, 46, 73-7, 

 81-91, 93, 95-114, 116-7, 124-37, 

 139-53, 157, 171, 183-4, 198-200, 

 201-4, 227, 251, 254, 257, 267, 294, 

 298, 313, 335 ; in classic times, 9, 11 ; 

 first definite account of cultivation 

 and trade in, 11-12 ; perennial in 

 thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, 

 13, 14, 15 ; manufacturing cotton 

 goods beginning Christian Era, 12 ; 

 Calicut in ninth century, 13 ; im- 

 provement of cotton of, (20,000,000), 

 20, 22, 23 ; first cotton mill in, 21 ; 

 appointment of cotton commissioner, 

 23 ; cultivation of New Orleans, 

 attempted in, 22 ; grade terms, 46-47 ; 

 date of arrival of cotton in Liverpool, 

 50 ; introduction into America of, 81, 

 124 ; common cotton in (1809), 65 ; 

 early writers on, 87 ; most abundant 



