. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. h, an Indian land measure, the 20lh partof the beegah or biggah; equal in Bengal to 720$q. feet. Cotton [Fr. colon; Ger. BaumivoUe; Hindus,rii/ii; It. hamhuiia, cotonc; Port, ahjodao; Sp. alijo-don], a vegetable luiir. or filamentous down, envel-oping the seeds of different species of Gossi/i>iuin,a plant growing in warm climates, and indigenousto India and America. It is produced within podswliich protect it from injury by dust or weather,until it is ripe and fit to be gathered, when theheat of the sun caus
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. h, an Indian land measure, the 20lh partof the beegah or biggah; equal in Bengal to 720$q. feet. Cotton [Fr. colon; Ger. BaumivoUe; Hindus,rii/ii; It. hamhuiia, cotonc; Port, ahjodao; Sp. alijo-don], a vegetable luiir. or filamentous down, envel-oping the seeds of different species of Gossi/i>iuin,a plant growing in warm climates, and indigenousto India and America. It is produced within podswliich protect it from injury by dust or weather,until it is ripe and fit to be gathered, when theheat of the sun causes it to and burst openthe pod. It is of a white or yellowish while hue,possesses downy softness and warmth, and its deli-cate fibres are sufficiently long, , and tena-cious to admit of being spun into a fine usual distinctions of the plant are, 1st, TreeC. : 2d, Shruh C.; 3d, Herlmceous C.; of each ofwhich there are several kinds, —the plant havinga great tendency to run out into varieties. — 1st,Tree C. {G. arboreum) {Fig. 110) is found in India,. Fig. 110. — Cottos-Teee. China, Egypt, the western coast of Africa, and insome parts of America. It only attains the heightof from 12 to 20 feet; but another cotton-bearingtree (/iominx cfiV)), seen in the West Indies andelsewhere, called familiarly the umbrella tree, attainsthe height of 100 feet. The produce of the latter,however, is of .so short and brittle a fibre, that it isunfit for spinning or any other purpose, exceptBluffing pillows and beds. — 2d, Shrub C. {) occurs in one or other of varietiesthroughout the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, andAmerica. In appearance it resembles a currant-bush. Its duration varies according to the climate;in the hottest countries it is a ])erennial, while incooler places it becomes an annual. In the for-mer, two crops a year are gathered, one fromOctober to December, the other from Februaryto April. The Guiana, Brazil, and most of theWes
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