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from a kind of grass, the Sugar-cane, which grows to a 

 height of from eight to fifteen feet, with thick jointed 

 stalks. In these stalks the sugar ripens, being manu- 



[Photo : J. da Luxe Perestrella. 

 BANANAS AND THE SUGAR-CANE ON CANARY ISLES. 



factured there by the plants themselves. A large 

 amount also is made from " Sugar-beet " plants, nearly 

 related to Beetroot; and we all know what a sweet 

 vegetable beetroot is. 



