396 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES STRINGY 



It has been long cultivated at Kew, and derives its name 

 from the late Queen Charlotte, who was princess of the house of 

 Mecklenbursj Strelitz, 



stringy Bark. {See Eucalyptus.) 



Strychnine. {Sec Nux Vomica.) ' 



Succory, a name for Chicory (which see). 



Sugar is the sweet constituent of plants found in more or less 

 abundance in their sap or juice, from which, by undergoing 

 certain processes of manufacture, the common, raw, and lump 

 sugar of domestic use is obtained. The principal supply is 

 furnished by the Sugar Cane {Saccliarimii officinarum), a strong 

 cane -stemmed grass 10 to 12 feet high, producing a large 

 feathery plume of flowers. It is a native of the eastern hemi- 

 sphere, but, like many other plants that have been long under 

 cultivation, the cradle of its birth is not well known. It is 

 found wild, as well as cultivated, throughout tropical and sub- 

 tropical Asia, and the islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 

 It was first known in India, from whence it is said to have been 

 brought to Europe by the Venetians about the middle of the 

 twelfth century, and was early cultivated in the islands of tlie 

 Mediterranean. It was afterwards introduced into Spain and 

 Portugal, and also to the continent of America, becoming firmly 

 established by the middle of the sixteenth century. It has acted 

 an important part in the social condition of the world, the 

 native Indian race, especially in America, being driven before 

 it, and the curly-haired African negro established in his place, 

 originally under the bonds of slavery. The great supply of 

 sugar imported into this country comes from the AVest Indies 

 and Brazil, as also from Mauritius, of which island it forms the 

 staple product. Sugar is the expressed juice of the cane, which 

 by boiling and other processes becomes crystallised, and is 

 called Brown Sugar ; after being refined and cast in conical 

 moulds it is Loaf or Lump Sugar. The uncrystallised portion 

 is called Treacle or Molasses. From the scum and rou^h 

 portions of the latter rum is obtained by distillation. The 

 sugar-cane is probably the sweet cane from a far country, 



