Fig. 43. TRL-NK OF AN OLIVE TREE, ST. PONS, NICE. 



GIANT GRASSES. 



CHAPTER XV. 



' La Nature, c'est toute verite", 

 Et c'est aussi toute poesie." 



DuRRA, or Danna, or Guinea Corn, or Negro Corn 

 (Sorghum), another Giant Grass, is grown everywhere 

 round Nice. I am ashamed to confess that I at first 

 mistook it for Maize, but one day approaching nearer 

 I noticed that all the flowers are together at the top, 

 whereas in Maize the staminate and pistillate flowers, 

 though on the same plant (monoecious), are in separate 

 spikes. If one takes the trouble to compare these two 

 great Grasses, it is not possible to confuse them. But 



