INDEX 



397 



cotton in India to-day, 99-100 ; and 

 American forms of var. neglecta in- 

 separable botanically, 102 ; most 

 inferior cotton of all, 113 ; wild cotton, 

 see Indigenous ; cotton soils and areas, 

 147 ; acclimatisation of American 

 species in, 198-200 ; Egyptian cottons 

 engaging attention, 225 ; early culti- 

 vation of G. mexicanum, 229 ; accli- 

 matisation of G. purpurascens, 254 ; 

 Sea Island in, 272, 294; 'Indien 

 Cotton ' of Kohr, 254, 334 ; G. bra- 

 siliense in, 313-15 ; Gammie's ex- 

 periments, see Appendix B ; cotton 

 approaching the Uplands, 336-7. For 

 further particulars see Appendix B 

 under Aitchison, Brandis, Hamilton, 

 Hooker, Hove, Gammie, Griffith, 

 Jameson, McClelland, Bottler, Kox- 

 burgh, B. E. P., Wallich, Wight, 

 &c. 



Indigenous (wild or ancestral) cotton, 

 2, 4, 5, 6-8, 10, 33, 86, 87, 167, 191, 

 208, 340; of Abyssinia, 158; of 

 Africa, 22, 138, 143, 145, 153-4, 

 169-70, 173, 177, 192, 316; of 

 America, 17-18, 169-72, 182, 192, 

 204-6, 208, 210, 257, 267, 324; of 

 the Andes, 214 ; of the Antilles, 

 257, 262, 267, 333 ; of Arabia, 74-5, 

 157; of Brazil (Ceara), 168, 298-9, 

 304, 308, 326 ; of California, 66, 73 ; 

 of Galapagos, 67, 68 ; of Hawaii, 70, 

 72, 246, 247, 249 ; of India, 74, 75, 

 86, 140, 142-3, 314 ; of Java, 294 ; 

 of Mexico, 204-10, 213, 259, 326; 

 of Polynesia, 248 ; of Yucatan, 207, 

 213 ; characteristics and classifi- 

 cation of, 7 ; study of essential, 8 ; 

 colour of staple, 28 ; condition of 

 seed (fuzz and floss), 41, 42, 319, 320, 

 see Floss ; diagnostic peculiarities of, 

 62 ; plant, rare, 72 ; wild, see Feral ; 

 a wild cotton resembling Cienfuegosia 

 Gerardi, 73 ; wild or long acclima- 

 tised. See Acclimatisation 



Industry and industrial uses of cotton : 

 points of importance, 9, 36, 40, 45-51, 

 59 ; spinning and weaving, 10, 11, 29, 

 38, 45, 103, 105, 106, 107, 176 ; Sin- 

 nergam cotton manufacturing, 14, 95 ; 

 India a cotton manufacturing country, 

 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 24, see England ; 

 in South Africa, 17 ; in Mexico, 17 ; 

 in Brazil, 17, 303-4 ; merits of Peru- 

 vianum cotton, 17, 45, 217-19 ; fac- 

 tories established and destroyed, 20-1 ; 

 early opinions regarding Dacca cotton, 

 103, 105 ; in W. Africa, 177 ; separa- 

 tion of G. barbadense, 266 ; suited 

 for higher counts, 49, 234-5, and 

 finer goods, great strength (Sea 

 Island), 284 ; in Peru, 218, 219, 303 



in West Indies, 291 ; production and 

 demand, 200. See Commerce and 

 Commercial Enterprise, Muslin, 

 Quilting, Stocking, &c., Cottons 



Insular plant, 249, 251 



Inteiro cotton, 308 



Irrigation and irrigated cotton in India, 

 95, 131 ; in Africa, 178 ; in Peru, 218 ; 

 in Egypt, 220 ; scheme for Sind, 225 ; 

 for Sea Island, 276 ; in United States, 

 288. See also Cultivation 



' Island Cotton ' a term given to cottons 

 of Polynesia, Antilles, &c., and which 

 led subsequently to the special dis- 

 tinction of Sea Island, 264 



Italy, cotton of : see Europe 



' Jackson's Limbless,' trade name, 232, 

 238 



Jadi or Judi Ind. vern. names : see 

 under Jari 



Jamaica and Jamaica cottons, 169, 171, 

 185, 186, 216, 258, 298, 299 ; Pernam- 

 buco seed procured from, 20, 272, 276 ; 

 wild cotton, early mention of, &c., 

 169, 170, 172, 191; muslin cotton, 

 189; Montego Bay, 216; Murray's 

 vine-leaved cotton of, 258 ; ' Withy 

 Wood,' 263 ; Sloane's specimens and 

 opinions on same, 300-2 



James Island (America), cotton of, 195, 

 271-3, 277, 282-4, 289. See America, 

 aZso Sea Island 



' Jannovitch,' an Egyptian cotton, 221, 

 222, 223, 292; in India, 225. See 

 Egypt 



Japan and Japan cottons, 46, 83, 98, 

 102, 116-17, 141, 298 ; stock compared 

 with Bengal plant, 102, 124 ; Aoki, 

 118, 123 ; Kawasaki, 123 ; Murasaki, 

 123 



Jari, Indian vern. name for a special 

 hybrid, 96, 97, 98, 108, 112, 132 



JATEOPHA CUBCAS, 168 



Java, cottons of, 83, 84, 93, 98, 132, 

 184, 217, 228, 258, 268 ; G. vitifolium 

 in, 258; Sea Island in, 294. SeeApp. 

 A, under Zollinger 



Jlium, an Indian term for burning 

 weeds, 110 



Jethi, 131-2 



Jowari-hatti, Indian hybrid race, 149, 

 152-3, 339 



Jiidi : see Jari 



' Jumbo,' trade name, 238 



Jumel cotton, 166, 219, 220, 223, 313 ; 

 stock, G. brasiliense, 224 ; ' Jumel 

 Cotton,' doubtful specimens, 258. See 

 Egypt 



Junagadh : see Kathiawar 

 i Jute, 52 



