Excerpt from The Journal of Botany, Vol. 2: British and Foreign
While travelling in the Coimbatore and Madura Collectorates, in the southern part of the Madras Presidency, in the autumn of 1860, I was struck with the resemblance of the climate, in many respects, to that of the coast valleys of Peru. This part of India appeared to me to be admirably adapted for the cultivation of the valuable species of Cotton which are indigenous to Peru, while it seemed unlikely that North American cotton could ever be extensively raised to advantage in so dry a climate. The problem appeared to me to be the introduction of a cotton with a longer staple than that of the indigenous plant of India, and therefore better suited to the demands of Manchester, which will thrive in the exceedingly dry climate of the eastern side of the Madras Presidency; and it seemed likely that the Peruvian cotton would meet the requirements of the case. The staple of the Peruvian cotton has a mean length of inches, Sea Island, Brazilian, New Orleans, and indigenous Indian.
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