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BULLETIN 358, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hibiscus. — Two species of Hibiscus are found commonly around 

 Talhdah, La., viz, militaris and mosclieutos. One plant of Hibiscus 

 lasiocarpus was found but does not seem to be common. H. militaris 

 and H. moscheutos are found principally in low, moist places such as 



Fig. 2.— One of the cages containing cotton and okra plants, Delta, La. Photographed at time of intro- 

 duction of boll weevils. (Original.) 



the bayou banks, in roadside ditches, and in swamp land, where they 

 grow to considerable size and fruit throughout most of the summer. 

 No weevils were found on these, but practically all of the plants 

 noted were some distance from cotton. 



