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ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 51.] MARCH. [1891. 
CXCIL—COTTON IN WEST AFRICA. 
In the Kew Bulletin for June 1890 an account is given of the 
attempt which has been made to improve the produce of cotton in West 
Africa by introducing the best forms of us ni cotton. “ This 
* over that grown in America, and commands a much higher 
“ at present its s production is limited to gre Nile valley, where there 
* is no room for extension to meet the increasing demand, and where 
* the crop is at times almost ruined by a low Nile 
The present corr Ersten nidi relates to the feed mre айай 
of Egyptian cotton on the Gold Coast 
Curator, BOTANICAL STATION, Авовт, to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew 
[ Letract.] 
Botanical Station, Aburi, 
Gold Co 
Sm, November 11, 1890. 
I Ax directed Ly his Excellency to inform you that he is sending 
o Kew a sample o gyptian cotton grown at Aburi. I beg to state 
diat I planted an acre iof this cotton. It has grown remarkably well, and 
is yielding a d crop. І have already gathered a large quantity, and 
there is still a quantity not yet ready for gathering 
Ia m, &с. 
- The Assistant Director, (Signed) W. CROWTHER. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
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