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116. Orange Sorghum. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 



partment of Agriculture) 236 



117. Goose Neck Sorghum. (Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) 236 



118. A Field of Black-hulled White Kafir. (E. B. Voorhees) . 238 



119. Heads of Milo and of Black-hulled White Kafir. (E. B. 



Voorhees) ......... 239 



120. Broom-corn Brush 242 



121. A Vegetative Branch from near the Base of a Cotton Plant 249 



122. A Fruiting Branch of a Cotton Plant 250 



123. A Cotton Plant 251 



124. Cotton Plant, on which the Vegetative Branches are Sup- 



pressed 252 



125. A Cotton Plant, having only Fruiting Limbs . . . 253 



126. Cotton Leaves 255 



127. Cotton Bolls. (U. S. Department of Agriculture) . . 258 



128. A Cotton Plant deficient in Storm-resistance . . . 260 



129. Storm-resistant Boll and Burs ; Bolls and Burs lacking 



Storm-resistance 261 



130. Various Shapes of Cotton Bolls 277 



131. A Sea Island Cotton Plant 278 



132. Where Sea Island Cotton is Grown. (U. S. Department 



of Agriculture) . 279 



133. A Cotton Plant of the Cluster Type. (XT. S. Department 



of Agriculture) 284 



134. A Fruiting Limb of a Cluster Cotton Plant . . . .285 



135. A Cotton Plant of the Semicluster Type .... 286 



136. The Peterkin Type of Cotton Plant 287 



137. A Cotton Plant of the King Type 288 



138. A Cotton Plant of the Big-boll, Storm-proof Type . . 289 



139. A Cotton Plant of the Long-staple, Upland Type. (U. S. 



Department of Agriculture) 291 



140. Fibers of Several Varieties of Cotton 292 



141. A Productive Cotton Plant of the Toole Variety . . 297 



142. A Productive Cotton Plant. (University of Georgia) . 303 



143. An Unproductive Cotton Plant. (University of Georgia) . 304 



144. Diagram showing a Breeding Plot of Twenty Rows of 



Cotton 311 



