3 SUGAR FROM DIFFERENT PLANTS. 



When this is imported into Europe, it is farther 

 purified by other processes, and converted into re- 

 fined or loaf sugar, such as we use at breakfast and 

 tea. 



The tops of the sugar-canes, and the leaves that 

 grow upon the joints, make very good provender 

 for cattle ; and the refuse of the cane itself is used 

 as fuel, so that no part of this plant is without its 

 use. 



But the sugar-cane is by no means the only plant 

 from which sugar can be obtained. The juice of 

 the A'cer sacchari'num, American Maple, yields it 

 in such abundance, that American farmers manu- 

 facture Maple sugar for their own use. The juice 

 of the grape, also, when ripe, yields a sort of sugar, 

 which is called Sugar of grapes, and has lately been 

 employed in France as a substitute for what is 

 brought from the West Indies, though not so sweet 

 or agreeable to the taste. In Mexico, sugar is ob- 

 tained from the Aga've America'na, American 

 Agave; and in Kamschatka, from the Hera'cleum 

 Sphondyl'ium, Cow-parsnep, and Fu'cus saccha- 

 ri'nus, a species of sea- weed called Dulse. Several 

 roots also yield sugar ; as the common beet, tur- 

 nip, carrot, and parsnep. 



The Sea-reed, Arun'do arena'ria, grows on the 

 driest sandy parts of our sea-shores, where it is so 

 useful in binding the sand, and preventing it from 

 being blown into the neighbouring fields, that 

 Queen Elizabeth forbade its extirpation. In the 



