123. Phenomenon manifested m the Sur/nr-Cant. 



of the Planters to the danger ti e> run in using the Sulphate 

 of Iron for the remedy of the disease they fancied to be 

 Chlorosis, and which, they thought, had attacked the canes, 

 lhave seen the eflect of the employment of sulphate of iron 

 on a square of canes, the result of which was to make the 

 leaves of the plant as black as ink ; and such must be the 

 case, for the soil of the square in question probably con- 

 tained a large amount of Tannin which combining with 

 the sulphate of iron would at once form Ink, which was 

 absorbed by the plant. Besides, if ferruginous salts could 

 effect the cure of Chlorosis, our plantations ought to be 

 entirely preserved from this disease in as much as it is 

 known that the soil of our island contains a great quantity 

 of ferruginous substances. 



Report of a Committee appointed jor the exa- 

 m/nation oj a neiv mode 0/ cultivating the 

 Sugar- Canes, introduced by Mr. V. Gallet. 



Informed par le Comity d'Agriculture, vers la fin de Fe- 

 vrier dernier, que nous avions ete designes par la Societe- 

 des Arts et des Sciences pour faire un Rapport sur le mode 

 de culture suivi a Flacq par M. V. Gallet, nous nousdisposions 

 a remplir cette mission, quand survint le coup de vent du 

 7 au 8 Mars. Force nous f ut alors d'ajourner la visite prea- 

 mble que nous avions a faire des Cannes de la propriety 

 administree par M. Gallet, pour leur laisser le temps de so 

 jemettre des effets de ce coup de vent. 



Ka consequence, aa mois do Mai dernier,, nous- avon* 



