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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 39 



Fart I. Morphological coxsideratioxs , . . . 45 



(1) Early stages of seedlings and sprouted cuttings . . ib. 



(2) Periods of growth . . . . , ^ 52 



(3) Brandling above ground, and abnormal bud forma- 



tion . . 



Part II. Tillering . . 



en 



55 



58 



(1) Tillering in seedlings . . . . _ H-^ 



(2) Tillering in cultivated canes , . . , , , qj 



(3) Deaths during growth and the period of maximum 



tillering . . . . . . _ gg 



(4) Artificial interference with tillering , , . , 79 



(5) On the factors influencing tillering . . , . 72 



(6) Literature on the effect of spacing on tillering and 



other crop characters . , . . _ _ 7g 



Work in India . . . . , , ijj 



Stubbs's work in Louisiana . . . . 7g 



Kilian's work in Java . . . . , _ gj 



Muller von Czernicki . . , . . . g2 



Striiben . . . . . . . . gg 



Summary of effect of spacing on : — 



(«) Tillering as judged by the number of shoots per 



clump .. .. .. .. gg 



(6) Total number of canes per clump at harvest , . ib. 



(c) Thickness or weight of the individual canes . . gg 



^ ((?) Total weight of canes at harvest . . . . jb. 



(e) Total yield of sugar . . . . . . 90 



(7) Notes on the reh.tive richness of the juice in branches 

 of different orders . . . . . . gj 



