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siaua and Toxas. The sugar production in Louisiana in 1889 was 292.124,050 

 pounds. Tlie world's production of cane sugar was then about 3,000,000 tons, 

 more than one-third of wliich was produced by the West Indies. Molasses is 

 a product of sugar cane (the uucrystal]izal)le sugar), and rum is made from 

 molasses. Eefuse caue, from which the juice has been expressed, yields a 

 strong fiber, aud in parts of India is used for torches, etc. 



No. 216. Savastana odorata (Linn.) Scribu. Vanilla-grass. (Fig. 78.) 



A rather slender, sweet-scented perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, with short culm leaves 



and brownish jianicles. Moist meadows aud mountains of tlic Northeastern States, 



extending Avestward to Oregon. This grass, remark.ilile for its fragrance, has 



long, creeping rhizomes, from which spring the floweiing culms and numerous 



riG. 78. — Yanilla-grasB (Sava- 

 stana odorata). 



Fio. 79. — Cord-grass 

 (Sj)artina cynotu- 

 roides). 



Fia. 80. — Fox-grass 

 (Spartina patens). 



long-leafed sterile or llowerlcss shoots. These long leaves are woven into small 

 mats and boxes by the Indians, aud liud a ready market because of the sweet 

 odor, which they retaiu for a loug time. This odor resembles that of sweet 

 vernal grass, but is more jjowerful, especially when this grass is dry. In some 

 European countries it is believed to have a tendency to indnce sleep, and 

 bunches of it are hung over beds for this purpose. It makes a good turf, but is 

 of little value for forage. lu the Northwest Vanilla-grass is generally called 

 Sweet-grass. 



No. 217. Secale cereale Linn. Rye. 



An annual, 1 to 6 feet high, with Hat leaves and a terminal, somewhat iJattened, 

 bearded spike 4 to 6 inches long. The rye crop of the United States in 1895 

 was 27,210,070 bushels, nearly half of which was produced in the States of 



