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The Story of the Cotton Plant

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The Story of the Cotton Plant

Frederick Wilkinson

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A single boll of white fiber clothed empires and moved armies. Frederick Wilkinson follows cotton from the living plant through its long history into field, gin, and mill, explaining how a humble shrub became one of the world's great crops. Botany, geography, and industry braided into one thread. Trace the plant behind the cloth on your back.

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35 chapters

  1. 1THE LIBRARY OF USEFUL STORIES
  2. 2THE STORY OF THE COTTON PLANT
  3. 3FREDERICK WILKINSON, F. G. S.
  4. 4WITH THIRTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912
  6. 6Copyright, 1898, 1902,
  7. 7Printed in the United States of America
  8. 8PREFACE.
  9. 9CONTENTS.
  10. 10LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  11. 11THE STORY OF THE COTTON PLANT.
  12. 12CHAPTER I.
  13. 13ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND CHIEF CULTIVATED SPECIES OF COTTON PLANT.
  14. 14CHAPTER II.
  15. 15COTTON-PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS.
  16. 16CHAPTER III.
  17. 17CULTIVATION OF THE COTTON PLANT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
  18. 18CHAPTER IV.

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