APRIL — JUNE 1857.] Observations on Cono7i. IIT 
have been valued from 10(/. to 15 J. and ISd. per lb., and Anguilla, 
from 18rf. to 2s. per lb. The clustered seed of Honduras, (sup- 
posed the Kidney seed of Brazil,) is a strong and long stapled 
cotton, but not fine ; the seed is almost bare, is very easily cleaned 
by the Saw Gin, and, from its adhering together instead of being 
in detached seeds, is easi>ly picked from the tree, getting less mix- 
ed with the Cotton leaves, which prove a detriment to the East 
India Cotton. The Kidney sort is remarkably hardy in the Tropics, 
and grows every where, whether near the sea or far inland. The 
writer had some of both these Honduras sorts cleaned by the Saw 
Gin, and sold by Messrs. Ewing and Co., of Glasgow, in 1841. 
It was disposed of at 6d. per lb., in order to get its spinning quali- 
ty tested. The Kidney, and some stained Sea Island were report- 
ed as adapted for mixing with ordinary quality of Orleans Cotton 
for^No. 60 to No. 64 weft ; the other native Honduras seed, of a 
finer fibre, but also Saw Ginned, was considered fit for mixing 
with fair American Bowed, or Orleans for No. 70 to 80 weft : the 
value of the first on trial was stated at 6^d. and of the latter at 
6^d. per lb. ; or at one farthing, and three farthings more per lb. 
on trial than was paid for it ; these prices being then equal to, or 
better than those of the best New Orleans. From a little of the 
Anguilla, grown in Honduras, it seemed to thrive near the sea, 
and was reported from hand picked samples, to be fit for making 
the finest Nottingham Lace. It was the original of the American 
Sea Island, having been sent from the West Indies by some Roy- 
alist Emigrants to their Republican friends after the American 
Revolution.^' Though still of a fine sort, this kind has evidently 
become coarser, and the seed larger than the parent Anguilla. 
The Anguilla is entirely bare of down, and would be easily clean- 
ed by the Roller Gin. It, however, yields only 17| per cent, of 
wool from the Seed Cotton; while other kinds give about 25 per 
cent, of their weight shortly after being collected, but more as the 
seed becomes dry. 
* Tropical Agriculturist Article "Cotton," pages 36 to 38, which details some 
interesting facts regatding the gift of Sea Island Cotton to the American planters. 
