344. APPENDIX. 
run the sugar sorgho, if propagated exclusively from its seed, would 
surely degenerate, and it has been recommended to propagate by 
suckers. Their fears might be realized if this species were cultivated 
without any foresight, in the immediate vicinity of some of its con- 
geners, broom corn for instance. Degeneration might in some cases 
result, but there is nothing to be apprehended if the sorgho be kept 
entirely separate and distinct. The propagation by suckers and shoots 
would scarcely be practicable on a large scale; besides, such pro- 
ceeding would result in producing a feeble offspring ; the new plant 
would be less vigorous and profitable. Nevertheless, to test this point, 
I have made a small plantation of suckers of the sorgho sucré, and 
intend to make precise experiments during the coming season. 
I am, your Excellency, &c., 
HARDY, 
Director of the Imperial Central Nursery, 
Hamma, Algeria, 1856. 
‘hat our readers may make the necessary allowances in comparing 
the results set forth by M. Hardy with those in our climate, it 
would be well to remember that Hamma, in Algiers, lies near the 
latitude 36°, which corresponds with Raleigh, N. C., Nashville, Ten- 
nessee, and Fayetteville, Arkansas. Inasmuch as in Algiers the 
sorgho gives the largest yield of all its products, it follows that its 
culture in the United States will probably be found most remunerative 
in the territory lying between 40° and 29°, bounded on either side by 
Baltimore and New Orleans.—Trans. 
