310 FOREST CULTURE AND 
seeding from the seeds. A tawny variety occurs. 
This is the tallest of all cotton-bushes, and it is prob- 
ably this species which occurs in the valleys of the 
Andes as a small tree, bearing its cotton while frosts 
whiten the ground around. 
Gossypium Taitense, Parlatore. (G. religiosum, 
Banks and Solander.)—In several islands of the Pacific 
Ocean. A shrub. Petals white. Seeds disconnected, 
glabrous after the removal of the fulvous cotton-fiber, 
which secedes not with readiness. 
Gossypium tomentosum, Nuttall.* (G.Sandvicense, 
Parlat. ; G. religiosum, A. Gray.) — Hawaii. Peren- 
nial. Petals yellow. Seeds disconnected, after the 
removal of the tawny cotton- fiber; fulvous-velvety, 
not easily parting with their cotton. 
There are many parts of our colony in which all 
these species of Gossypium could be cultivated, and 
where a fair or even prolific cotton crop may be ob- 
tained. Good cotton, for instance, has been produced 
on the Goulbourn River, the Loddon, the Avoca, and 
the Murray rivers, particularly in places where water 
could be applied. All cultivated kinds of cotton-plants 
are either naturally perennials or become such in fa- 
vorable climes, although they may be treated strictly 
as annuals. Some of them will, indeed, in particular 
instances, grow to the height of twenty feet. The 
geographic parallels between which cotton-culture is 
usually placed are stretching in various girdles be- 
tween the thirty-six degrees north latitude and thir- 
ty-six degrees south latitude. The primary advanta- 
ges of this important culture are: A return in a few 
months, comparatively easy field operations, simple 
and not laborious process of collecting the crop, and 
