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together at the Bottom, are heart - 

 Jboped y and /pre ad ope?/, in the fame 

 manner as the Mallow : in the Centre 

 cf the Flower is fituated a Column 

 cowered with Stamina at the "Top, fur- 

 rounding the Fointaly which after- 

 ward turns to a roundifh Pod, open- 

 ing in four Cells, containing many o-val 

 Seeds wrapped up in the Cotton. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Gossypium foli is palmatis 

 qninquepartitis. The common an- 

 nual Cotton. 



2. Gossypium foliis palmatis, 

 feptem angularisy rami's patulis hirfu- 

 tu. The green feeded Indian Cot- 

 ton. 



3. Gossypium caule ereclo arho- 

 no. The American Tree Cotton. 



The firll Sort is the common Le- 

 vant Cotton, which is cultivated in 

 ieveral Iflands of the Archipelago, as 

 alfo in Malta, Sicily y and the King- 

 dom of Naples : it is fown in tilled 

 Ground in the Spring of the Year ; 

 and is ripe in about four Months 

 after, when it is cut down in Har- 

 veit as Corn is in England ; and* is 

 town every Year, the Plants always 

 perifhing i'oon after the Seeds are 

 ripe : this Plant grows about two 

 Feet high, fending forth fome lateral 

 Branches toward the Upper-part, 

 which produce Flowers and Fruit: 

 the Pods of this Sort of Cotton are 

 not bigger than a Nutmeg, and con- 

 rain but little Cotton. 



The fecord Sort is a Native of 

 the Eafi and h v , fi - Indies ; from 

 whence the Seeds have been brought 

 to Europe : this is alfo an annual 

 Plant, which peiiihes foon after the 

 Seeds are ripe. It riles to the Height 

 of three Feet or more, and fends out 

 many lateral Branches, which extend 

 to a great Diitance, where they are 

 allowed room to grow: fome of 

 thefe Branches will produce four or 

 live Pais of Cotton upon each j fo 



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that from a fingle Plant thirty or 

 more Pods may be produced ; and 

 each of thefe are as large as mid- 

 dling Apples; fo there will be a 

 much greater Produce from this thari 

 from the other Sort ; and the Staple 

 is much finer : therefore it is well 

 worth the Attention of the Inhabit- 

 ants of the Britifh Colonies in Ame- 

 rica, to cultivate and improve this 

 Sort ; fince it will fucceed in Caro- 

 lina, and fome other Parts of the 

 Continent of America.y full as well 

 as in the Iflands : ahd as the prefent 

 Ufe of this Commodity is fo great, 

 as to advance the Price to double of 

 what it was fold for fome Years 

 fince ; fo there are few things whicM 

 will produce more Profit to the 

 Planter; than this of the fine Sort 

 of Cotton. 



This Sort may be eafily diftin- 

 guiflied by the Seeds, which are 

 green ; whereas thofe of all the other 

 Sorts are black, as alfo by the Size 

 of the Pods, which are much larger 

 than thofe of the other ; the Cotton 

 is alfo much finer : the Flowers of 

 this Sort are large, of a pale Sul- 

 phur-colour, inclining to white; and 

 at the Bottom of each Petal there is 

 a large purple Spot ; fo that when 

 they are open, they make a fine Ap- 

 pearance. 



The third Sort grows plentifully 

 in moll of the Iflands in America, as 

 a'fo in Egypt, and many other warm 

 Countries: this will grow to the 

 Fleight of fifceen Feet or more, and 

 becomes woody ; the Plants continu- 

 ing fevera! Years : it is propagated 

 in ieveral of the Iflands in America, 

 as alio in Egypt - t but the Cotton is 

 not fo valuable as that of the fecond 

 Sort, thereto; e not worth cultivate- 

 ing, where the other can be ob- 

 tained, which is already in Plenty in 

 South Carolina ; fo may be eafily 

 pro cored from thence. 



