Author: Sir George Watt
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Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Author: George Sir Watt, 1851-1930
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363975532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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Author: George Watt
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017369311
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Sir George Watt
Publisher:
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Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: George Watt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332302055
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Excerpt from The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World: A Revision of the Genus Gossypium, Framed Primarily With the Object of Aiding Planters and Investigators Who May Contemplate the Systematic Improvement of the Cotton Staple A good many years ago Sir E. C. Buck, K.C.S.I., then Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Revenue and Agriculture, requested me to prepare an account of the cotton plants of the world with a view to assisting the Indian planters. I devoted some time and attention to the subject, during a recess from India, spent at Kew Gardens, and even had some of the illustrations prepared which are now published. The pressure of official duties that devolved upon me on my return to India retarded very greatly the completion of my studies, and perhaps fortunately so, since I was enabled to mature my conceptions of the species and varieties of Gossypium and to verify and amplify my original notes. The present publication thus incorporates the field studies of perhaps twenty years, linked up with the results of a careful re-examination of the collections preserved in some of the chief herbaria of the world. I have to acknowledge a deep debt of gratitude to the former and the present Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew (Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., and now Colonel D. Prain, C.I.E.), for much personal kindness and valued encouragement. To the Keepers of the Kew Gardens and the British Museum Herbaria (Mr. William Botting Hemsley and Dr. Alfred Barton Rendle) I am specially indebted for not only giving me every facility to examine but (where I desired) permission to photograph the rich treasures under their charge. To the Council of the Linnean Society of London I have to record my acknowledgments for the ready permission granted me to photograph the Linnean types, and to the Keeper of the British Museum for the corresponding liberty to photograph the types in the Sloane Herbarium and to reproduce Ehret's most interesting and beautiful unpublished sketch of a cotton, which I give as the frontispiece of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: George Watt
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781295718719
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Author: George Watt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849028073
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Sir George Watt
Publisher:
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Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 570

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Author: Frederick Wilkinson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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"In The Story of the Cotton Plant, Frederick Wilkinson delves into the fascinating history and significance of the cotton plant. Wilkinson's narrative traverses the journey of cotton from its origins to its vital role in shaping economies and societies. This comprehensive exploration offers readers a deeper understanding of how the cotton plant has intertwined with human history, commerce, and culture."

Author: Joseph Hutchinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521292559
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This 1959 book takes as its starting point Sir George Watt's Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World published in 1907, and discusses the findings of the subsequent fifty years, updating, in the light of extensive subsequent work, the account given by Hutchinson, Silow and Stephens in The Evolution of Gossypium (1947). Sir Joseph reviews the range of the genus Gosgpium and the place in it of the four species which constitute the cotton of commerce. He traces the historical development of these species from the coarse, short, perennials grown over 4000 years ago to their more modern annuals. He describes the development of disease-resistant strains, by hybridisation of races from different parts of the world. The book constitutes a valuable account of the results which can be achieved in a relatively short time by the application of genetic and physiological studies to the problems of a commercial crop.