| 单词 | cotton plant |
| 例句 | Of the Surinamese cotton plant, she wrote, “The Indians put its green leaves on wounds in order to cool and heal them.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We followed Papa, who walked over to the cotton plants to get a closer look. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside of Greenwood, the sun cast patches of light and shadows across the cotton fields revealing a thin gray mist, unstirred by morning breezes, that clung to the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z On both sides of the road we were surrounded by miles and miles of cotton plants. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We sat without talking for a while, watching the breeze stir the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I looked out over the field at the black men, the backs of their shirts stained with sweat, bent over their hoes chopping weeds among the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z On both sides of the road we passed endless fields of harvested cotton plants. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon she harvested wild cotton plants to use in her pads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The findings of the research will help develop cotton plant varieties with a deeper root system to access and absorb water more efficiently from soil in drought-prone areas. Space agriculture boldly grows food where no one has grown before 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In closeup, it shows trickling streams and rain on cotton plants swelling into torrents; cigar-toting politicians gesticulate reassuringly, and the wealthy making dignified retreats while the impoverished cling to the remains of shacks. Bill Frisell/The Great Flood – review 2012-11-14T18:18:20Z In Texas, the heat this year has prompted cotton plants, especially in the southern parts of the state, to bloom early. In Phoenix, 18 Days of Extreme Heat With No End in Sight 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Photo C shows white cotton balls on a cotton plant. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, a farmer steered a boat through the flooded Tulare Lake Basin, which only weeks ago was home to cotton plants, corn, wheat, tomatoes and other crops. Newsom visits flood-threatened town of Corcoran as California heat wave kicks off 'big melt' 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Cotton mealybugs are scale insects that feed on fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants, but true to its name, it really likes to suck the sap of cotton plants. The fungus from "The Last of Us" is being used as a natural pesticide 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The visual then tracks through the cotton plants of America’s racial history. The Worlds of the ‘Remarkably Prescient’ Octavia Butler 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The beetles need cotton plants to feed and reproduce, so getting rid of the plant after the crop is harvested has been key to eradication. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Where waist-high cotton plants normally grow, the landscape is now defined by barren, brown fields. Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “When school administrators became aware of a parent’s concern about the cotton plant, they responded immediately by removing the plant.” Black mom sues L.A. Unified over cotton-picking project at elementary school, suit says 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The cotton boll weevil is considered a major pest because of the damage it does to cotton plants. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z The cotton gin was created in 1793, making it much faster to separate the seeds from the cotton plant. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cusser also discovered that various insects tended to visit different parts of the cotton plant. Butterflies provide ‘extraordinary’ help pollinating cotton fields 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z That meant sturdier and more productive cotton plants being grown which improved harvest totals. Thanks to Auburn, historic cotton gin returns to Prattville 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z On one side is a rattlesnake coiled in a cotton plant emblazoned with “Noli me tangere,” Latin for “touch me not.” Confederate heritage group replaces battle flag at monument 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z They’ve received applications for records ranging from “most sticky notes stuck on the body in 30 seconds” to “tallest cotton plant” to “most jumping jacks in one minute.” From sock feats to leapfrog, Guinness crowns record holders 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z This new machine greatly reduced the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton plant. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cotton also has increased yield with bees, although bees sometimes leave too much residue on the cotton plant. Kansas farmers are using bees again to increase crop health 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The Food and Drug Administration’s decision on the cotton plant developed by Texas A&M University scientists means it is allowed as food for people and all types of animals. U.S. regulators allow genetically modified cotton as human food source 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Blink and you miss the line where lush date palms and cotton plants become desert sand. New cities in the sand: inside Egypt’s dream to conquer the desert 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z In another new restriction, the EPA limited the number of applications on growing cotton plants to two times from four, according to a notice. EPA adds restrictions to use of controversial weed killer 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Tuesday lifted the regulatory prohibition on cultivation by farmers of the cotton plant, which was developed by Texas A&M University scientists. Modified cotton could be human food source after U.S. green light 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The researchers started with hydroponically grown cotton plants that grow in a lab rather than a field. Plants can grow their own glow-in-the-dark cotton, no genetic engineering required 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Agriculture Department last year lifted the regulatory prohibition on cultivation by farmers of the modified cotton plant ahead of the FDA decision on human consumption. U.S. regulators allow genetically modified cotton as human food source 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Temperatures rarely fall to freezing, allowing cotton plants, the weevil habitat, to survive through the winter. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Just over a year later, in 2006, Mr. Ross announced plans to open an $80 million state-of-the-art cotton plant in Vietnam that would employ 1,500 workers. For Commerce Pick Wilbur Ross, ‘Inherently Bad’ Deals Paid Off 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Workers in cotton plants and the gas industry, employees of the parliament and the ministries - all were involved. Turkmenistan: The regime that throws cigarettes on bonfires - BBC News 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The outbreak became the object of intense public anxiety throughout the South; any insect spotted on a cotton plant was enough to spark a local panic. The Beetle That Helped Alabama Adapt to a Changing Environment 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z An insecticide widely used on cotton plants and citrus groves can harm bees that come into contact with those crops under certain conditions, the U.S. Widely used pesticide can harm bees in some cases -EPA 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Thought to be native to Mexico and Central America, the boll weevil is a beetle that attacks cotton plants. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Today, Wuertz’s irrigated cotton plants grow to about 4 feet tall, and are planted in even rows, about 3 feet center to center, extending for miles across furrowed fields. Federal Dollars Are Financing the Water Crisis in the West 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It is a pest beetle that feeds on - and lays its eggs in - the cotton plant. The art of science - Wellcome Images 2015 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In Alabama’s wiregrass region, already a strange ecological fit for the cotton plants that dominated its economy, the choice soon became clear: respond proactively or suffer the consequences. The Beetle That Helped Alabama Adapt to a Changing Environment 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Barry’s mind and his political self, however, were as sharp as those prickly cotton plants of his youth. Marion Barry: A deal-maker who championed home rule 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z That threat goes unheard here through the harvest months, from mid-September to mid-November, when more than a million people are sent from cities and villages into the sprawling fields of mud and ripe cotton plants. Forced Labor Lives On in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields 2013-12-17T16:12:32Z The cotton plant is met with everywhere, and though burned down annually, springs up again as fresh and strong us ever. Dr. David Livingstone, a Bicentenary 2013-03-18T16:15:05.213Z He chose Elyria because a relative had said jobs were sprouting there like bolls on a cotton plant. | Donna's Diner: This Land: In the Hard Fall of a Favorite Son, a Reminder of a City’s Scars 2012-10-17T01:29:55Z There cannot be any doubt but that the cotton plant has proved one of the greatest of blessings to mankind in general, but it has been a great misfortune to Ireland. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z What natural divinity lies in fur, which the cotton plant does not possess? Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Even in Asia, the natural habitat of the cotton plant, the story has been curious. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z In a field of cotton plants that burst with purple and white flowers, a man in rags towers over her, a stick raised above his head. Victoria’s Secret Revealed in Child Picking Burkina Faso Cotton 2011-12-15T06:55:44Z This machine for separating the seeds from the fibre of the cotton plant caused an industrial revolution in the world, and its moral consequences were no less sweeping. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Here, among the arms of the tidal water, the cotton plant is cultivated. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z On one side of his 15-acre farm, which was used to compare methods, the cotton plants are about a foot taller and bear more flowers than the ones on the other side. Changes in the Air: Levi Strauss Tries to Minimize Water Use 2011-11-02T02:45:05Z There are several species of the cotton plant; but those of commercial importance are four in number. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z This oil is expressed from the seed of the cotton plant, varying in color according to the time of its pressing and degree of refinement. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z We visited some of the large plantations for which the South is famous, seeing the cotton plants in all their different stages, from the flowering to the picking of the cotton. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z A number of extremists ripped cotton plants from the ground of larger landholders, according to images shown on national television. Booming Cotton No Boon to African Farmers Milked by Monopolies 2011-07-19T00:23:41Z A knee-high forest of short, green cotton plants typically begins to carpet the region in late May and June. Drought, dust darkens nation's biggest cotton patch 2011-06-21T20:06:38Z The cotton plant likes a light sandy soil, or a black alluvial soil like that of the Mississippi margins. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Here, too, are found the indigo and cotton plants, together with the sugar cane, while most of the kitchen vegetables of Europe are easily cultivated. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Thus millions of backs had to bend and labor over the cotton plant, the sugar cane and the rice stalks of the South. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z There is properly but one plant in the south, if planters are to draw up the botanical catalogue, and that is the cotton plant! The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z But drought already delivered $1.5 billion in losses before cotton plants perked up this season in West Texas. Drought, dust darkens nation's biggest cotton patch 2011-06-21T20:06:38Z But did Egypt receive the cotton plant from India—or India from Egypt—and when? The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Rising prices and the availability of irrigation water is likely to ensure “another large cotton plant” for 2011-2012, Mathews, at the Commonwealth Bank, said earlier this month. Flooding in Australia May Propel Wheat Crop to Record 2011-01-20T02:38:05Z We were now coming into the lands famed for the cultivation of the sugar cane, the cotton plant, and the rice. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z In the latter soil, the cotton plant attains the height of three or four feet, and branches laterally about half that distance. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Rising prices and the availability of irrigation water is likely to ensure “another large cotton plant” for 2011-2012, Luke Mathews, an agricultural commodities strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said earlier this month. Flood Destruction in Australia May Propel Wheat Crop to Record 2011-01-20T00:19:12Z Where the cotton plants were destroyed before October 15, only 3 per cent of the weevils survived the winter to infest the next year’s crop. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Agriculture Department among cotton plants in the Florida Keys. New cotton pest reaches Florida for first time 2010-04-26T19:28:00Z BOLL, a botanical term for a fruit-pod, particularly of the cotton plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The cotton plant when ripe has a white, fluffy head, and a great bunch of snow-white fibres, within which are the seeds. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read It is found profitable to leave the cotton plants two or three years on irrigated land. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products For this reason, there need be no fear that time will be wasted which is spent in thoroughly picking off the weevils from the young cotton plants before the squares begin to form. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z When the weather is not favourable at the fruiting stage, the otherwise hardy cotton plant displays its great weakness in this way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The tea plant is found almost everywhere, and the cotton plant is largely cultivated near the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Large tracts are employed in the cultivation of the cotton plant—fruit-trees fill the soil—the fig-tree is luxuriant—pomegranate, peach, apple, and plum, are singularly productive. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The cotton plant is indigenous to Mexico, and is more prolific in its yield than it is with our Southern planters. Aztec Land Life and Habits: The eggs are laid within the squares and bolls of the cotton plant. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Korea is stated to have originally received its cotton plants from China some 500 years ago. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Those who come from the hills can scarce believe their eyes at the crops produced and constantly ask when the cotton plants are going to turn yellow and droop. The Negro Farmer It will easily be conceived by the readers of this story of the cotton plant that the strength of any thread is only that of its weakest portions. The Story of the Cotton Plant Sari is surrounded by immense gardens, and the country around is covered with mulberry trees, cotton plants, sugar cane, and rice fields. Les Parsis Amongst the other cotton growing countries, Brazil perhaps, offers the best prospect, on account of the great interest taken there in the cultivation of the cotton plant, also, the Argentine gives rise to some hope. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 "In the southern provinces the cotton plant will last for two or three years, but to the northward the seed must be sown annually." Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton It attacks the cotton plants which have been weakened by bad husbandry. The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer Roots of cotton plant, 22; medicinal use, 32. The Story of the Cotton Plant Exotic palms, the bamboo, the sugar-cane, and the cotton plant grow in the open, and tropical mosses and orchids hang from the trees. The Cornwall Coast In addition, the boll weevil has become a dreaded enemy of the cotton plant. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Buck-wheat was in full flower and several plantations of the cotton plant, gossypium herbaceum, were in pod, some of them perfectly ripe. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton From the cotton plant comes the woolen under-garment and the soldier’s blanket. This Giddy Globe She stood at the edge of the field where the long rows of cotton plants, freshly watered, grew rank and green in the first intense heat of summer. The Desert Fiddler When I first visited Grandmother's garden, she had a few pitiful little cotton plants from whose stunted bolls she extracted every fiber and made a most excellent thread. Edge of the Jungle The latter variety must be treated much as are the fibres from the cotton plant, or those of sheep's wool. The Story of Silk Young banana trees were his especial fancy, cotton plants he devoured wholesale, and it was generally asserted that he was also addicted to kicking chickens. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 The emperor's forces were then engaged in trying to conquer this fertile country, rich in cotton plants, in sugar-canes, &c., and whose magnificent oxen were like elephants in height. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World He made a careful study of the cotton plant. Stories Of Georgia The thrush no longer sings its tender song In osage thicket, or in locust hedge, But pipes its notes the negro boys among, On cotton plant, or Alabama sedge. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems Read of the cotton plant from Textiles, chapter ix. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades And nothing makes so much for frowsiness in the cotton plant, and in woman, as to know they are not wanted. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills The interior of the island they had found rich in cotton plants, mastic-trees and aloes, while a fine river, named afterwards the Three Rivers, flowed gently along its limpid course. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Generally speaking cotton plants sail along safely enough unless a pest attacks them. Carl and the Cotton Gin I introduced a resolution inviting manufacturing cotton plants to come to Texas. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Columbus Industrial School, Columbus, Ga.—Samples of cotton plant or bolls. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades His head was, in truth, a cotton plant full open. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills The cotton plant grows up out of the ground. Where We Live A Home Geography The invention of the cotton gin had made possible the cultivation of the short-staple cotton plant, which was the only variety that could be raised profitably in the uplands. Union and Democracy The raw material for such uses, as it comes from the back of the sheep, the boll of the cotton plant, or the crushed stems of the flax, is a tangled mass of fibre. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England These are cotton fibers and are obtained from the cotton plant. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Native Home Cotton is the white downy covering of the seed of several special of cotton of cotton plant. Textiles and Clothing The Cotton Fibre.—The seed hairs of the cotton plant are separated from the seeds by the process of ginning, and they then pass into commerce as raw cotton. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student This, at present its sole meaning, was once only the secondary and superinduced; ‘bombast’ being properly the cotton plant, and then the cotton wadding with which garments were stuffed out and lined. English Past and Present It is a greedy eater, but feeds only on the cotton plant. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The staples, such as the sugar cane, rice and later the cotton plant, were such as the unscientific slave labor might easily cultivate. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 "Indeed and you'll do nothing of the sort!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, hurrying the children behind a row of cotton plants. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South They pierce the cotton plants in the South, and suck out the juices. The Insect Folk I observed in the gardens the henna plant, the cotton plant, the indigo plant, and the tobacco plant. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government In addition to destroying the young grass and weeds, this harrowing also removes many of the young cotton plants and thereby saves much hoeing at "chopping-out" time. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition "But," said Mr. Whitney, "I have never seen a cotton plant or a cotton seed in my life"; for it was not the time of year then to see it growing in the fields. The Beginner's American History Pine trees on the highlands and cotton plants on the lowlands keep their green traps set all the day long and with the captured carbon dioxide build up cellulose. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Beside eating the juices of the cotton plants and thus injuring or even killing them, the red bugs stain the white cotton and spoil it. The Insect Folk The fact is that along with cellulose in ordinary cotton there are a number of celluloid bodies derived from the inspissated juices of the cotton plant. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 For this purpose, a collection had been made at Tenerife by Mr. Walker, under my direction, and another in South America,* including the seeds of the cotton plant. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 The cotton plant principally cultivated in Japan is of the species known as Gossypium herbaceum, resembling that of India, China, and Egypt. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 He is no longer dependent upon the flax and the cotton plant, but grinds up trees to get his cellulose. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries It was found in the cotton plant, and the southern United States was especially adapted to its culture. The Negro The sun burned fiercely upon the young cotton plants as the spring hastened, and they lifted their heads in darker, wilder luxuriance; for the time of hoeing was at hand. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel "If you can spin, my dears, we shall find plenty of work for you; we have here the Nankin cotton plant, and I intend to dress the whole colony with it." Willis the Pilot The cotton plants were thinned and pruned and between the rows quick growing vegetables were planted. In the Clutch of the War-God The cotton boll weevil strikes at the heart of the industry by destroying the boll of the cotton plant. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The soil is a ferruginous clay of the richest description, and covered with the choicest vegetation of wild grapes, Indian corn, the cotton plant, the castor bean, &c., &c. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter This matter," said the president, "is obtained in perfect purity in different things, especially in cotton, which is nothing but the skin of the seeds of the cotton plant. The Moon-Voyage But Texas was well suited to the needs of the cotton plant. A Short History of the United States The cotton plant has pods which when ripe split open and show a white woolly substance attached to seeds. A School History of the United States The cotton plant loves sun and water, and will only grow in the hot, moist parts of the world. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father Walked to the prince's garden—a beautiful wilderness of cocoa and betel nuts, sweet orange and mango, with heterogeneous patches of rice, sweet potatoes and beans, and here and there a cotton plant. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter This substance is found quite pure in many bodies, especially in cotton, which is nothing more than the down of the seeds of the cotton plant. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Every year a swarm of the inhabitants of the North arrive in the Southern States, and settle in the parts where the cotton plant and the sugar-cane grow. Democracy in America — Volume 2 The cotton plant which grows here, judging from its size and difference from the plant usually grown in India, I consider to be a tree cotton and a perennial. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile I pass rude sea-headlands, and enter Pamlico Sound through an inlet, and dart my vision inland; O the cotton plant! the growing fields of rice, sugar, hemp! Poems By Walt Whitman To his wonder he saw cotton plants that reached far above his head and sugar cane which stood like forest trees. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America Egypt, Macedonia, Asia-Minor, the country and early home of the cotton plant, are then the immediate provinces of Russia, a realm with twenty million serfs, subject to its policy and depending on its arbitrary will. Select Speeches of Kossuth On the walls were various branches of different species of vegetation; among others a tangle of twigs of the cotton plant, from which depended numerous bolls. Patty at Home It is the same 'giant arm' which twists 'the largest cable', that spins from the cotton plant an 'almost gossamer thread'. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Cotton is the fine, soft, downy material of a hairy nature which is found on the seeds of a certain plant, the cotton plant, which belongs to the mallow family. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken The cotton plant, indeed, afforded the material of a very important manufacture, and was at that time, to Europeans, undoubtedly the most valuable of all the vegetable productions of those islands. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Three varieties of the cotton plant were grown in the South. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest |
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