COTTON STRUCTURE 



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Fig. 121. — A Vegetative BEAXfTi 



FROM NEAH THE BaSE Of A CoTTOX 



Plant. 



Showing that the boll-stems are not 

 borne directly on the vegetati^-e branch. 

 but on .secondarj^ branches springing 

 from it. 



the plant. Between clu.ster cotton and wide-spreading, 

 long-limb kinds there are all gradations in length of 

 branches. 



Each branch arises from the main stem in the angle be- 



