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C0tt0m l^litmt* 



(P>03SlipUIlU l)Cl'baiCUlU. Natural Order: Malvacea — Ma/lozu Family. 



*^f''HIS plant is a native of the East Indies, or is, perhaps, 

 ( indigenous to all tropical regions. It is now at least exten- 

 bi\el\ grown in various tropical and semi-tropical countries 

 ^ toi the product which it yields. It is an annual, growing, 

 il lett unpruned, some live teet high. Sown in spring, and 

 tended with care duiing the summer months, it is harvested 

 in autumn The seeds are ensconced in the most delightful of beds, 

 soft and white. When they are ripe the pods burst, and if left to 

 nature, would eventually float out on the wide, wide world, till they 

 had tbund a resting place in the soil, to become plants themselves; 

 but man seizes their clown\- covering and applies it to his own use. 

 The flowers are a pale yellow, and are from two to three inches 

 broad. The Nankin Cotton is similar to the common, except in the 

 ^^^V^ color of the fiber, which is yellow or tawny. The Gossypium Bar- 

 badense, Barbadoes or Sea-Island cotton, grown in a narrow belt of our Southern 

 States and adjacent islands, is unrivaled for length, softness and strength. 



AS some tall clift", that lifts itb awtu! form, 

 -'^ Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm; 

 Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, 

 Eternal sunshine settles on its head. —Gohfsmiil,. 



T IVES of great men all remind us 

 We can make our lives sublime, 

 And, departing, leave behind us 



Footprints on the sands of time;— 



Footprints, that perhaps another, 



.Sailing o'er life's solemn main, 



A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, 



. Seeing, shall take heart again. 







■ss, thou art but a tiattei 

 Inibljlc, lighter than the 



RE AT soul> bv ii 

 Demand alliance 



L-t to each other tui 

 in friendship Inirn. 



HIGH stations 

 None think 



but not bliss create; 

 ; unh;ippy, but the great. 



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