90 THE CHINESE SUGAR-CANE. 



We thank Mr. B. for his specimen of the sap 

 thus prepared ; and hope others will be induced 

 to grow this plant, on a small scale at first, for 

 it may jrove a superior article for fattening ani- 

 mals, if not for making sugar." 



Notwithstanding Mr. Bryant did not succeed 

 in ripening the seed, many others have, even in 

 Massachusetts, so that we need not doubt on 

 that score. And even if the seed should not all 

 ripen, or any part of it, the cost of seed would 

 be but little ; for it can be imported in great 

 abundance from France, or brought from the 

 South, so that it will undoubtedly be furnished 

 in a year or two for less than fifty cents per 

 pound. It will also be seen by the above that 

 the stalks did not receive any apparent injury, 

 even from a heavy frost, though I very much 

 doubt whether it would be best to run the risk. 

 It has been found to flourish as far north as 

 Minnesota, where it has attained the height of 

 twelve to fifteen feet. So in the New England 

 States, where it has not only grown well, but 

 ripened its seeds. It has been grown to some 

 extent by many persons through the New Eng- 

 land States, as well as in other portions of the 

 country, and the universal testimony is, '' It 

 grew well with ur, but we did not try it for 



