Srieutific American. OCTOBER 209, 1881.] 273 Surat (Comptah), 163°7 grains. In proportion to the sec- THE COTTON PLANT AND ITS FIBER. classes of cottons quoted in the Liverpool market, giving the tional area of the fiber the Egyptian cotton appears to be relatively strongest. In the other cases the… … Fic.2. up to 40s. A. Unripe unmatured fibers.—B. Half ripe fibers.—C. Fully matured The ‘‘ African” cottons are of like grade with the Indian. and ripe cotton.— D. Section of fiber showing laminated cell walls. A. Stem —B. Section of calyx.—C. Section of carpel.—D. Midweb with | These, of course,…
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