"Gossypium" Quotes from Famous Books
... hills here is much relieved by the bunches of beautiful large yellow flowers of the Cochlospermum Gossypium, interspersed with the large balls of white cotton, just bursting from the seed-vessels. I collected a bag full of this cotton, wherewith to stuff our pack-saddles, as our sheep did not supply us with wool enough for that purpose. On these hills, too, I saw a beautiful Calythrix, with pink flowers, ... — Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 2 (of 2) • John MacGillivray |