Cotton is also grown in the East Indies, at Java, Sumatra, and Malay States.
In the West Indies formerly, large supplies were yielded, but owing to the cultivation of other crops that of cotton has steadily declined.
Greece and Turkey both yield cotton which goes by the name of Levant Cotton.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MICROSCOPE AND COTTON FIBRE.
This story would be very incomplete if some reference were not made to the wonderful assistance which has been given to the study of cotton fibre by the microscope. As seen by its help, some striking peculiarities at once make themselves apparent. It is proposed, briefly, in this chapter, to do three things:
1. To describe the construction of a suitable instrument sufficient for a complete examination of fibres in general.
2. To indicate the chief microscopic features of cotton fibres.