THE COMPOSITION OF THE CANE. 



as *2 per cent., and is present in largest quantity in unripe cane. It is soluble 

 in water and insoluble in acidified alcohol ; the lime compound of pectin is 

 moderately soluble in water, and more so in sugar solution ; some of the 

 pectinous bodies are precipitated by lime in the process of manufacture, and 

 some are found in the molasses. 



REFERENCES IN CHAPTER II. 



1. I.S.J., 90 and 91. 



2. Cultur de la Canne a Sucre, p. 154. 



3. Stubbs' Sugar Cane, p. 89. 



4. Stubbs' Sugar Cane, 333. 



5. I.S.J., 33. 



6. Louisiana Bulletin, 91. 



7. J.A.C.S., 19, page 881. 



8. J.A.C.S., 20, p. 113. 



9. J.A.C.S., 21, p. 809. 



10. I.S.J., 96, p. 619. 



11. Abs. in Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 28, 991. 



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