220 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



States [J. R. Dodge]. Nearly half a million tons of seeds have 

 lately been crushed a year, a ton yielding about 35 gallons oil, and 

 approximately 750 Ibs. oil-cake [Dr. Masters]. Prof . Grulley cal- 

 culated the harvest of cotton-seeds in the United States during one 

 of the later years at 3,000,000 tons. 



Gossypium hirsutum, Linne.* 



Upland- or Short-staple Cotton. Tropical America, cultivated 

 most extensively in the United States. Southern Europe and many 

 other countries. Perennial. Seeds brownish-green, disconnected, 

 after the removal of the cotton-fibre greenish-velvety. Staple 

 white, almost of a silky lustre, not easily separable. A portion of 

 the Queensland-cotton is obtained from this species. It neither 

 requires the coast-tracts nor the highly attentive culture of Gr. 

 Barbadense. 



Gossypium religiosum, Linne.* (G. Peruvianum, Cavanilles.) 



Tropical South-America, southward to Chili. Kidney-Cotton, 

 Peruvian or Brazilian Cotton. Leaves long-lobed. Petals yellow. 

 Seeds black, connected. The cotton is of a very long staple, white T 

 somewhat silky, and easily separated from the seeds. A tawny 

 variety occurs. This is the tallest of all cotton-bushes, and it is 

 probably 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-fibre, which does not separate with readiness. 



Gossypium tomentosum. Nuttall. (&. Sandvicense, Parlatore. G. reZi* 

 giosum, A. Gray.) 



Hawaia. Perennial. Petals yellow. Seeds disconnected, after 

 the removal of the tawny cotton-fibre fulvous -velvety, not easily 

 parting with their cotton. The roots are a powerful remedial 

 agent, which however should only be used in legitimate medical 

 practice. The barks of Hamamelis Virginiana and Viburnum 

 prunifolium are antidotes [Phares and Durham]. Staple very short. 



For limitation of species and varieties Parlatore's "Specie dei 

 Cotoni" (Florence, 1866) and Todaro's " Osservazioni su Cotone" 

 may be consulted. Information on culture may be sought in 

 Porter's " Tropical Agriculturist" and in Mallet's work on "Cotton" 

 (London, 1862). 



The following notes were written for the use and guidance of 

 Victorian colonists : 



There are many parts of our colony, in which all these species of 

 Gossypium could be cultivated, and where a fair or even prolific 



