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seem to be hybrids decended in parts from the American 

 Sea Island species. 



253. Asiatic cottons. The cotton grown in India and 

 elsewhere in Asia is less productive and has a shorter fiber 

 than American short-staple cotton. The colors of the 

 flowers are various, and the forms of plants and of the 

 leaves differ from those of any of the American groups. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



1. Make a drawing showing the stamens and stigmas of a 

 cotton flower, after removing the bracts and petals. 



2. If specimen plants of Sea Island cotton can be had, or if the 

 seed and lint can be obtained, compare them with the corre- 

 sponding parts of American upland cotton. 



LITERATURE 



DEWEY, L. H. U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 1903, pp. 388-390. 

 EVANS, W. E. U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expr. Sta., Bui. No. 33, 



pp. 67-76. 

 WATT, G. The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of th 



World. London, 1907. 

 GAMMIE, G. A. The Indian Cottons. Calcutta, 1905. 



