kunior ine samme perwas. 1 ne price'rauung when the quantities increase rage of every 5 years shewing a gradual increase from 1825 to 1844.

J. FORBES ROYLE, M.D. F.R.S.,

Late Superintendent of the Hon. E. I. C.'s Botanic Gardens at Saharunpore;
One of the General Secretaries of the British Association for the Advancement of Science;
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in King's College, London.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 65, CORNHILL.

PRINTED BY C. AND 3. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

DEDICATED

ΤΟ

THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN,

AND

COURT OF DIRECTORS

OF THE

East India Company;

WHOSE

PERSEVERING EFFORTS FOR A LONG SERIES OF YEARS,

ΤΟ

IMPROVE THE CULTURE OF COTTON IN INDIA

HAVE AT LAST RESULTED IN BRINGING THE EXPERIMENT TO SO SUCCESSFUL

AN ISSUE IN SOME OF THE DISTRICTS, AS TO REQUIRE ONLY TO BE

FOLLOWED UP BY THE LEGITIMATE EFFORTS OF THOSE

SPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE IMPROVEMENT

OF THIS GREAT STAPLE,

BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.