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We import it from India and the Indian Islands, Southern 

 United States, and South of Europe. Nearly 6,600,000 

 hundredweights of Rice were imported into the United 

 Kingdom in 1886. 



FIG. 185. One-flowered spikelet of Rice. 



Maize or Indian Corn (Zea Mai's) is a native of the 

 New World, though now introduced into the warmer 

 regions of this hemisphere, where it is cultivated to a 

 great extent, especially in the Indian Islands and North 

 Africa. It is the largest of the Cereals, and remarkable 

 for its monoecious flowers. A preparation of Indian Corn 

 is sold under the name of "Oswego Corn." 



Small grains, belonging to an unknown variety of 

 Maize, have been found in ancient Peruvian tombs. 

 They may have belonged to the original stock, which has 

 since become improved by culture. Leaves of Maize are 

 used for packing oranges. 



The principal source of Sugar is the tall solid stem of 

 a grass the Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinaruni) culti- 

 vated widely in the Tropics. The canes are pressed 

 between rollers to express the saccharine juice, which is 

 boiled down, clarified, and crystallized. The uncrystal- 

 lizable residue is drained off as Molasses or Treacle. 



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