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COMPANION TO TROPICAL READERS 



Notes for a Lesson on the Sugar Cane. (Cont.) 



Pictures 



Cane mill. 

 Sugar estate. 



Apparatus and Chemicals 



Evaporating dish. 

 Spirit lamp or fireplace. 

 Temper lime. 



Facts to be " drawn out " of chil- 

 dren by direct and indirect ques- 

 tions (educere, to draw out). 



1. Description of Sugar Cane. 



Plant, like a tall grass with 

 stout stems, 8 to 12 ft. high. 



Roots, fibrous. 



Stem, thick, jointed, sweet. 



Leaves, large, narrow, and 

 pointed; veins parallel. 



Floicers, large clusters of small 

 flowers, called "cane-flags". 



2. Countries. 



West Indies, Java, Demerara, 

 India. 



3. Parishes in Jamaica. 



Clarendon, Westmorland, Tre- 

 lawney, St. James, Hanover, St. 

 Thomas, St. Catherine. 



4. Method of Cultivation. 



1. Suitable land selected. 



2. Land cleared. 



3. Land ploughed and 

 rowed. 



4. Cane tops planted. 



5. Young canes moulded up 

 from time to time. 



6. Canes weeded, mulched, 

 manured. 



Methods of teaching; specimens, 

 drawings, experiments, &c. 



1. Description of Sugar Cane. 



Compare stems and leaves of 

 grass, corn, and cane, all of which 

 are members of the Grass Family. 



Exhibit a cane plant with roots 

 to illustrate the description of the 

 plant. 



2. Countries. 



Point to su*mr-rowin coun- 

 tries on a map of the world. 



3. Parishes in Jamaica. 



Fill in sugar districts on blank 

 map of Jamaica. 



4. Method of Cultivation. 



In the School Garden devote 

 a plot to canes ;rown in the most 

 approved manner, and there de- 

 monstrate how the plant should 

 be cultivated. 



