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FTO. PAGB 



116. Orange Sorghum. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 



partment of Agriculture) . ... . . . 235 



117. Goose Neck Sorghum. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) . * v * . 236 



118. A Field of Black-hulled White Kafir. (E. B. Voorhees) . 238 



119. Heads of Milo and of Black-hulled White Kafir. (E. B. 



Voorhees) , -. . . , . ' . . . 239 



120. Broom-corn Brush - . ;. . 242 



121. A Vegetative Branch from near the Base of a Cotton Plant 249 



122. A Fruiting Branch of a Cotton Plant . - .. . . .250 



123. A Cotton Plant . . . ...... 251 



124. Cotton Plant, on which the Vegetative Branches are Sup- 



pressed ... . . 252 



125. A Cotton Plant, having only Fruiting Limbs . . . 253 



126. Cotton Leaves 255 



127. Cotton Bolls. (U. S. Department of Agriculture) . . 258 



128. A Cotton Plant deficient in Storm-resistance . * . 200 



129. Storm-resistant Boll and Burs ; Bolls and Burs lacking 



Storm-resistance . . . . . . . . 261 



130. Various Shapes of Cotton Bolls . . ' V*. * . .277 



131. A Sea Island Cotton Plant . . , .... 278 



132. Where Sea Island Cotton is Grown. (U. S. Department 



of Agriculture) ,... . . ."".. . 279 



133. A Cotton Plant of the Cluster Type. (U. S. Department 



of Agriculture) . .284 



134. A Fruiting Limb of a Cluster Cotton Plant . . . 285 



135. A Cotton Plant of the Semicluster Type . . . , '. 286 



136. The Peterkin Type of Cotton Plant 287 



137. A Cotton Plant of the King Type V . . . . 288 



138. A Cotton Plant of the Big-boll, Storm-proof Type . < . 289 



139. A Cotton Plant of the Long-staple, Upland Type. (U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) . . . . . . 291 



140. Fibers of Several Varieties of Cotton . .-... . 292 



141. A Productive Cotton Plant of the Toole Variety . . 297 



142. A Productive Cotton Plant. (University of Georgia) . 303 



143. An Unproductive Cotton Plant. (University of Georgia) . 304 



144. Diagram showing a Breeding Plot of Twenty Rows of 



Cotton 311 



