THE COTTON ZONE OF THE WORLD. 
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9th. San Juan de los Bemedios, Island of Cuba. — The 
lands of this section of this island are equal to the best on 
Red River or the Mississippi for the growth of cotton, and 
the plant stands for years, but the cultivation of it is un- 
known. 
10th. Bio de Janeiro, Brazil. — All kinds of cotton can 
be cultivated to advantage in the province of Rio de 
Janeiro, whether annual or perennial varieties ; but the — ... 
small quantity that is produced is almost exclusively tree- ^^vA ^\ 
cotton. The general character of the fibre is long, strona/ ' > 
and coarse. The quantity manufactured here does jjfbi 
probably amount to 500,000 lbs. a year. Good ginfied 
cotton is nearly all imported from Pernambuco, Bahia, and . ' 
other northern ports of this empire. It is ginned mostly . 
by roller-gins. A few saw-gins from the United States are 
in use. It is calculated that one negro can cultivate 2,000 
hills of cotton, producing about 700 lbs. when ginned. 
The soil and climate are finely adapted to the growth 
of cotton. The thermometer ranges from about 60° to 
96° F. the whole year round, and cotton bears more or less 
all the time. The planting takes place in November. The 
plants flower mostly in June, but they open freely almost 
all the year. The bulk of the harvest is in September and 
October, but cotton is picked nearly all the year. No 
cause, physical, political, or social, except want of energy 
and enterprise, operates injuriously to the cultivation of 
cotton in this empire. 
11th. Paramaribo, Butch Guiana. — The herbaceous 
cotton, such as is grown in the United States, is regarded 
by the most approved authorities as the variety of cotton 
best adapted to cultivation in Dutch Guiana. It is here 
perennial, afibrding a crop every six months, and con- 
tinuing to yield until four or five years old. The sea 
