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exceed the older sorts in yield of sugar, have been raised and 

 cultivated, making sugar-planting a more profitable industry, and 

 enabling it to compete \vith the beet-sugar. "Otaheite" and 

 "Bourbon" are old favourites in the West Indies. "Yuba" is 

 the principal variety grown in Natal and Potuguese East Africa, 

 where, according to MR. LYXE, it sometimes gives as many as 

 12 ratoons. Sugar cultivation has been tried on various occasions 

 in Ceylon, but though the growth of the cane has been all that 

 could be desired, the industry has not proved a commercial 

 success, owing, it is said, to "too much water and too little 

 saccharine matter in the juice" of the canes. Some small areas 

 are, however, still cultivated in the Galle district from which sugar 

 is made locally. A considerable quantity of sugar-cane is grown 

 in native gardens for chewing purposes; the total area under the 

 crop in Ceylon is estimated at about 1,000 acres. The plant 

 thrives up to 2,500 feet in the moist region. 



Sugar Sorghum. | g j //w// ,,,, ro/;s p mlllcls _ 

 Sugar Palm 



Vanilla. See Tropical Spices. 



