Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 121
100 SHELTER AND CLOTHING be easily distinguished if used in colored cotton fabrics. Themost important species of cotton are the Gossypium her-baceum, G, arboreum, G. hirsutum, G. barbadense, and G,peruvianum. Within these five species over one hundredvarieties are recognized. Gossypium herbaceum… … Courtesy of U. S. JDept. of Agriculture.Fig. 41. —Cotton bolls. about five feet in height and bears a yellow flower. Manyvarieties of Egyptian and Indian cotton are in this class.The cottons called Nankeen cottons ^ are made from thefiber of this variety. This grows in China and India andis yellow…
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