Note 170 — Chapter XVII
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Mr. Edwards calls the species of the cotton plant which is cultivated in the Columbian islands, the common Jamaica, of which “the staple is coarse but strong.” It is difficult to clean, owing to the brittleness of the seeds. It is strange, as Mr. Edwards remarks, that the British cotton planters should be acquainted with species of the shrub which produce finer wool, and yet continue to rear this inferior quality.