Cotton tree (Gossypium herbaceum): flower, fruits and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

  • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
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[1853]
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23990i
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The cotton plant has many uses including yielding cooking oil, a possible male contraceptive and a yellow dye

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London : James Sangster & Co., [1853]

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1 print : zincograph, with watercolour

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Gossypium herbaceum the common cotton tree

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Wellcome Collection 23990i

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