14 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [{January, 1908. 
observation for three ! seasons. In the first of these, Loans 
tematic series of experiments was commenced. The facts dealt 
with in the ae note aes chiefly to the offspring—number- 
ing some 2,000—raised during the present season from the seed 
obtained by artificial fertilization. The results of another genera- 
tion must be awaited before the experiments can be recorded in 
detail. For the present two points only will be discussed. 
Fie: 1. 
rom 
palmatifid to p ct. The extreme variations of this character 
are very distinct, and it has been employed i in the subdivision of 
the neglectum and arboreum ‘species’ into ‘varieties.’ The 
character, however, on close scrutiny appears to be elusive. Ina 
field of cotton (Gossypium neglectum, Tod.) such as is commonly 
met with in the United inces, the two extreme types are 



1 In the first at Saharanpur and in the second and third at Cawn- 
