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16. MalacJira capitata. This plant, which grows so well 

 round Bombay during the rains, has after two years' trial been 

 found unsuitable for cultivation in the Deccaa owing to its low 

 and branching habit induced by the lighter rainfall. 



17. 



museum : 



The following local fibres are now exhibited in the 



Agave Cantala. 

 Agave Sisalana. 

 Agave Vera-cruz. 

 Yucca gloriosa. 

 Malachra capitata. 

 Hibiscus panduriformis. 

 Corchorus capsularis (jute). 



Agave Wightii. 



Furcrsea gigantea. 



Sanseveira zeylanica. 



Musa textilis (Manilla hemp), 



Hibiscus sp. 



Sesbania segyptiaca. 



18. Cotton. Special investigations in the botany of the 

 cotton have been continued. A set of seeds to be grown for iden- 

 tification were received from the Inspector-General of Agriculture 

 in India, and a long series of seeds of botanical and commercial 

 varieties of cottons cultivated in America were received for trial 

 and identification from Mr. P. J. Tyler of the" Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Owing to 

 the satisfactory rainfall during the year under report the whole 

 of the cotton sample plots were not irrigated. A commencement 

 was made this year in the estimation of the average yield per 

 plant of every variety grown, and the first results obtained in this 

 line of enquiry are detailed in the following table: 



