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Sabal Adansoni, Ghiernsent. 



Dwarf Palmetto. South Carolina, Q-eorgia and Florida. 

 A stemless Fan-Palm, with the two following and 

 Chamaerops Hystrix attaining the most northerly positions 

 of any American palms. 



Sabal Palmetto* Roem. and Schult.* 



Extends from Florida to North Carolina. The stem attains 

 a height of 40 feet. This noble Palm ought to grow on 

 our sandy coast-tracts, as in such it delights to live. 



Sabal serrulata, R. and S. 



South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The stem grows to 

 8 feet high. The leaves can be used for cabbage-tree hats 

 and other purposes, for which palm-leaves are sought. 



Saccharum officinarum, L. 



The Sugar- Cane. India, China, South Sea Islands, not 

 indigenous in any part of America or Australia. Sugar- 

 cane having been cultivated in Spain and other countries 

 on the Mediterranean Sea, it will be worthy of further trial, 

 whether in the warmest parts of our Colony under similar 

 climatic conditions sugar from cane can be produced to 

 advantage. Though the plant will live unprotected in the 

 vicinity of Melbourne, it thrives there not sufficiently for 

 remunerative culture. But it may be otherwise in East 

 Gripps Land or along the Murray Biver and its lower 

 tributaries. In the United States the profitable culture of 

 cane ceases at 32 N.L., in China it extends only to the 30 

 N.L. In the last-mentioned country the culture of Sugar- 

 cane dates from the remotest antiquity ; moreover we have 

 from thence a particular kind (S. Sinense, Roxb.), which is 

 hardier and bears drought better than the ordinary cane ; 

 this kind needs renewal only every second or third year, and 

 ripens in seven months if planted early in spring, but if 

 planted in autumn and left standing for fully a year the 

 return of sugar is larger. Moderate vicinity to the sea is 

 favorable for the growth of canes. 



The multiplication of all sorts of Sugar-cane is usually effected 

 from top cuttings, but this cannot be carried on from the 



