THE 



CHINESE SUGAR-CANE. 



The great value and extensive consumption of 

 the products of the sugar-cane lead us to feel a 

 deep interest in its cultivation, and especially 

 now that prices are so high ; and while we 

 believe that we have, in the new Chinese sugar- 

 cane, a plant adapted even to the most northern 

 of the United States, and one too that can be 

 grown so easily, and yield so richly. Sugar is 

 no longer a mere luxury, denied to all but the 

 rich and great, as it was once, but is used by all 

 classes. It may not be uninteresting to the 

 reader to give something of the history and 

 origin of the sugar-cane. All the evidence goes 

 to show that China was the first country that 

 cultivated it, and manufactured sugar ; and not 

 only were the Chinese the first, but there is 

 good reason to believe that they enjoyed its use 



