
          18697
Cotton,
and the principal insects frequenting the plant in the 
United States.

The insects injurious or beneficial to the cotton plant, figured in the following work, were all drawn and colored from living specimens. taken in the cotton. plantations
of Alabama,
Florida., Georgia, South Carolina. & ___  The habits of these insects, their  natural history
and the best remedies. suggested. or used to destroy them or to guard against their
injuries.
may be found in the annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture.principally.
for the years
1854. page 56.-75.. and Report 1855.p64-115.Great care however must be taken when
quoting the scientific. or common English names, of the insects mentioned in the
text of these
reports, as most of them were manufactured for the occasion. (against the urgent
remonstrances of
the Entomologist) by a former chief clerk (Mr DJ Browne.) who although he knew
nothing about
Entomology, claimed the right (by virtue of his official position and a proof reader.)
of using what
names he chose to make. & to alter the text to suit his own views. The names used on the plates
themselves, having been subsequently prepared. are more reliable. It will also be well to 
mention here that all the articles accompaning the Report of 1857.p121.. excepting the main facts.
(& the woodcuts) was also written by Mr DJ Browne. against my remonstrances
and published
under my name and it is to his fertile brain and prolific pen alone that I owe all the trials
and tribulations, therein so vividly depicted.

The insects injuring Orange trees, will be found described in Ag. Rept. 1855. p 115.
1858. p 261-256.  1859. p 540-551-554. 1864.561. & 1865.p.91.  The figures of the insects
however are generally scattered throughout my larger general work of "Illustrations of Insects"

As it may be of interest to cotton planters, to be able to refer to some of the principal articles
relating to cotton. already published in the Agricultural Reports, of the Department we
will give a list of such as are of the most interest, prepared for this work by Mr
Horace Piper of the department, who has for some years been engaged in preparing a
complete list of all the articles in the Agricultural Reports. for general use.

Agl. Rept. 1849. p 313. . Remarks on the cultivation of Cotton.
Agl. Rept. 1852. p 439. . The cotton trade.
Agl. Rept. 1853. p 195. . Remarks on the cotton of India.
Agl. Rept. 1853. p.363. . Cotton in the climate of the United States. see also article 1853 p 371.
Agl. Rept. 1856. p. 177. . History and culture of cotton in Mississippi. [illegible] Wailes. Report.
Agl. Rept. 1854. p. 181. . Investigation of the cotton Fibre. [fiber]. Dr Schaeffer.
Agl. Rept. 1854. p. 59. . Insects infesting the cotton plant.  T Glover.
Agl. Rept. 1855. p. 64. . Insects frequenting the cotton plant. T Glover.
Agl. Rept. 1855. p. 226. . History and results. of the culture of cotton in British India. DJ Brown.
Agl. Rept. 1855. p. 230. . Accidents & diseases of the cotton plant..[illegible]. T Glover.
Agl. Rept. 1855. p .235. .Chemical researches on the seed of the cotton plant. Dr Jackson.
Agl. Rept. 1855. p .317. . The cotton districts of the globe. considered with reference to their climates. & (from authentic sources.)
Agl. Rept. 1856. p. 255. . Production. Commerce. and Manufactures. of cotton in the various countries of the globe. (Circular from the Department & replies)
Agl. Rept. 1857. p. 121. . Investigations, on Insects, & diseases. affecting the cotton plant.Blight & T Glover.
Agl. Rept. 1857. p. 305. . Cotton manufactures. of the United States. DJ Browne

T Glover
        