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Zizania aquatica, Linn. ; Canadian Wild Rice. 

 Aquatic annual, 9 to 12 ft. high, native of Eastern North 



America, where the seed or wild rice is an lin 

 of the North American Indians. In Minnesot 



common 



emarkably 



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om 



seed obtained from Canada being distributed to 23 estates in 

 various parts of the Kingdom about 1909, the object being to 

 augment the food supply of water -fowl. There is little evidence 

 to show, however, that the seed will ripen properly in England. 

 " Manchurian Water Rice" (Z. latifolia, Turcz.), an aquatic 



simil 



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Corea, Japan, also occurring in China, where it is cultivated 

 on flooded ground as a vegetable — the* young shoots being used, 

 called ' ; Kiao Cabbage " or st Kiao Shoots." 



1. 1900, "Indian Rice or Water Oats/ 5 p. 29; 1909, pp. 

 381-390. 



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Oryza saliva, Linn. ; Rice. 



Annual. Cultivated throughout the Tropics and in many sub- 

 tropical countries under numerous varieties. The sources ol 

 supply are chiefly British India (2832299), Holland, Siam, Java, 

 Straits Settlements, Spain (Alicante, Valencia, Castellon and 

 Tarragona), Italy, Egypt, Japan, French Indo China, United 

 States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, the total 

 imports from all sources amounting to 4,801,130 centals (in 1913), 

 including grain whole and cleaned and that in the husk. Known 

 everywhere as a food. " Patna," " Rangoon/* " Siam Garden/' 



Java/' "Carolina," "Japan" and "Japanese Unpolished." 

 are important commercial descriptions. 



1. 1888, "The Cultivation of Rice in Bengal," pp. 284-291; 



1892, "Black Burmese Rice," pp. 232-234; 1909, " Padi," pp. 

 27 7-279. 



2. March, 1902, "Feeding Rice Meal to Pigs," pp. 518-519. 



Melinis niinutiflora, Beauv. ; Brazilian Stink Grass, Honey 

 Grass, Molasses Grass. 



Perennial, 3 to 4 ft., native of Brazil and occurring in Tropical 

 Africa, Madagascar, Ascension Island; introduced to Queens- 

 land, West Indies, Southern United States, &c. An excellent 

 fodder plant valued in Brazil for horses and cattle; may he used 



green or as hay; but recommended to be cut before the seed-heads 

 show. 



!. 1900, "Brazilian Stink Grass," p. 31. 



Saccharum officinarum, Linn.; Sugar Cane. 



Perennial, 8 to 12 ft. high. Grown in all tropical countries ; 

 the chief producers, without reference to relative importance, 

 being Cuba, British India, Java, Mauritius, Formosa, Philip- 

 pine Islands, Queensland, IS"ew South Wales, Fiji, West Indie- 

 (English, French, and Danish), Guiana (English and Butch). 



