CONTENTS. 



Classified List of the Field and Garden Crops — [concluded). 



V. -FIBRES- 



Abrorna augusta, 

 Cannabis sativa, 



(Hemp). 

 Crotalaria juncea, 



(San). 

 Gossypium neglectum,* 



(Cotton). 

 Hibiscus cannabinus, 

 (Patsan). 



VI. -DYES- 



Carthamus tinctorius, 



(Kusum). 

 Curcuma longa, 



(Turmeric). 

 Indigofera tinctoria, 



(Indigo). 

 Lawsonia alba, 



(Mehndi). 

 Morinda tinctoria, 

 (Al). 



VII-FODDERS- 



Part. 



Page. 



Plate. 



III. 

 I. 



I. 



I. 



I. 



58 

 80 



82 



75 



86 



XIX. 

 XX. 



XXI. 

 XVIII. 

 XXII. 



I. 

 III. 

 I 



III. 

 III. 



51 

 41 

 43 

 54 

 55 



XIII. 

 LXXVIII. 

 XII. 



LXXXIX. 



III. 



59 



• For the correct identification of the cotton plant as grown in these Provinces, and represented by Plate XV11I. of Part I., 

 we are indebted to Professor Todaro of Palermo, who published iu 1877-78 an important monograph entitled ■' Kelazione sulla 

 cultura dei Cotoni." His conclusions were mainly arrived at by nieaus of observations made during the cultivation of species 

 and varieties of cotton obtained from different partsof the world. As regards the Indian cottons, the results of his experiments 

 appear to show that typical Gossgpium herbaceum of Linnaeus is not cultivated in India, and that the bulk of the cotton, grown 

 iu India consists of hybrids. One of these hybrids is his Gossypium nr.glcctiim, the principal cotton plant of these Provinces ; 

 and which he considers to be a form of G. arborcum. It differs from this latter by its shorter stature and sub-herbaceous habit 

 the leaves arc broader, and with less pointed segments ; the flowers arc yellow with a purple centre (G. arborcum has red flowers) 

 and the ovary terminates in an acute point. Again, under G. Wightianum, he describes a plant which he believes to be the 

 source from which all the best kinds of cotton grown on the Bombay side of India are derived, e.g., Hinganghat, &c, and is 

 inclined to think that the original indigenous cotton of India was most nearly related ancestrally to G. Wightianum. Iu support 

 of this view it may be mentioned that the semi-wild cotton of the Punjab and that of Hajputana, where it has assumed a ten- 

 dency to become scandont, agree in general characters more nearly with G. Wightianum than with any other. Dr Watt in his 

 Dictionary article (Vol. IV., p. 3) says: — "There is probably no doubt that, whether recognized as a hybrid or species, 

 " Q. Wightianum is of the greatest importance to India, even much more so than cither G. hcrbacevm or G. arlorcum, bc- 

 «' tween which in many of its characteristics it is intermediate. Todaro's experiments would, however, support the theory of 

 " G. Wightianum being an independent species." 



