INDEX 



401 



Obrajes (or factories) forbidden in Peru, 



219 : see Industry 

 Ochro (Hibiscus esculentus), 207 

 Odjas, Arab name for cotton, 15 

 Oil (cotton) : see Seed 

 Okra cotton, 81, 100, 207-9 ; origin of, 



100-1; 'Okra or Split-leaf,' trade 



name, &c., 233-4 

 4 Old Bess,' cotton of Rohr, 263 

 Old and New World forms, 2, 244, 267 ; 



cultivated cottons, 87 ; wild, 4 ; 



O. herbaceum, 163; hirsute plant, 



186; crossing of, 336, 338-9. See 



also New World 

 Oliver, E. L. ; remarks on wages paid 



for cotton manufacture labour, 292 

 Omboland, cotton of, 153 

 Oomras (Umras, ' Oomrawuttee ' or 



Amraoti cotton) and Hinganghats : 



see Bani, also Nagpur 

 Oriental species, 139-155 

 4 Orleans,' trade name : see New Orleans 

 Otaheite : see Tahiti 

 Oth, Arab name for cotton, 15 

 Oudh : see Agra 



Ou-ti, Emperor of China in sixth cen- 

 tury robed in cotton, 13 

 Owhyhee : see Hawaii 

 Own, Abbeokuta vern. name for cotton, 



214, 215 

 Ozier Silk, a trade name, 241 



Pabna cotton : see Bengal 



4 Pachon,' cotton of Guatemala, 244 



Page, Captain, 309 



Paidi, 296 ; paira (Tamil vern.) cotton, 



128, 130 

 Pakhoi (S. China) wild cotton; see 



China 



Palaveram : see Madras 

 Palestine (Bazac), cotton of, 160 

 Palmerston, Lord, prophecy regarding 



cotton in Africa, 23, 174 

 Pamidi patti, Tamil name for cotton, 



296 

 Panjab, cottons of, 84, 93, 96, 97-8, 



125, 131. See Kashmir, India, &c. 

 Paraguay, cotton of, 207, 268, 298 : see 



America, South 

 4 Paraiba,' trade name, 45 

 Paretty, vernacular name, see Cuda 



pariti 



4 Parker cotton,' trade name, 233 

 PAVONIA, 53 

 4 Pedigree Canes,' 341 

 ' Peeler,' trade name, 45, 235 

 Peel, Sir Eobert, introduced 4 resist ' 



printing, 21 

 Pekin : see China 

 Perennial cottons, 74, 77, 82, 84, 115, 



124, 128, 134, 136-7, 168, 214, 255, 



264, 266, 278, 309 ; early mention of 



in the East, 10-11, 12-14, 15, 129, 

 135-7; state of Sea Island changed 

 to annual, 278. Compare with Annual, 

 also Tree and Shrub Cottons 



Pernambuco (Fernambuco) cotton (G. 

 brasiliense, also Q. peruvianum), 

 295-315; 214, 267, 271, 272, 287, 

 296, 301, 302-3 ; grown near Georgia 

 in 1789, 20, 276, 287 ; of Kirk, 311 ; 

 climate of, 310. Sec Brazil, also 

 ' Peruvian ' Cotton 



4 Pernams,' trade name, 45 



Persia and Persian cottons (O. micran- 

 thum, Cav.), 116, 120, 122, 125, 157, 

 158, 184 ; seen by Marco Polo, 13 ; 

 conveyed to by the Saracens, 16 ; 

 4 Persian Tree Cotton,' 185 



4 Peterkin,' trade name, 241; Peter- 

 kin's Limb Cluster,' trade name, 238. 

 See also under Staple 



' Petit Gulf,' trade name, 238 



Peru and Peruvian cotton (G. peru- 

 vianum), 213-26 ; in 1522, 17 ; trade 

 names, e.g. rough, smooth, and red, 

 45,210-13 ; Chanduy cotton, 215-16 ; 

 description of by Spruce, 218 ; Spanish 

 influence on, 219, 303 ; maladies and 

 pests of, 219; Piura the chief indi- 

 genous cotton of, 256 ; Azara's 

 account of Lower Peru, 305. See 

 Egyptian ; also Pernambuco 



PHASEOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS, 96 



Philippine Islands, 98, 140, 141, 174, 

 211, 249 ; see also Malay 



Phoenicians and Hebrews, cotton known 

 to the, 9 



PJwotee, Indian vern., 105 



Picu (Sanskrit name), 9 



PISUM SATIVUM, 341, 350 



Piura or Amazon cotton ; see Peru 



Pizarro (1522), found cotton in Peru, 17 



Planters, points of special interest to : 

 see Cultivation 



' Politie of Keeping the Sea,' 16 



Pollen-grains (Plates Nos. 52 and 53) ; 

 343-351, 62, 287, 315 ; of O. Sturtii, 

 64, 345 ; of G. Darwinii, 68, 345 ; of 

 G.Davidsonii, 69; of G.Drynarioides, 

 72, 345; of G. Stoclcsii, 75, 345; 

 experiments the Broach hybrid, 89 ; 

 of Roji, 137, 345 ; studies of, 287 ; of 

 American fuzzy-seeded cottons, 320 ; 

 of Asiatic fuzzy-seeded cottons, 320 ; 

 of G. Nanking, 323, 345-6 ; when to 

 apply the, 338 ; of hybrids, 339, 346 ; 

 similarity of, in Gossypium and tribes 

 of Malvaceae, 340 ; a help in hybridis- 

 ation, 342-3 ; micro-photographs 

 of, 343 ; structure and description of 

 spore, 344 ; chief types of, 344 ; tubes 

 of, 344 ; of G. punctatum, 344 ; 

 hyaline spines of, 345 ; of G.arboreum, 

 345 ; of G. barbadense, 345, 349 ; of 

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