Notes on the Society's Work in 1897-1918. 



to both investigator and planter tend to be few and far between. It 

 looks as though the good results arose from the unravelling of the com- 

 plex ancestry of the natural varieties, whilst similar results from the re- 

 tangling of the new strains thus obtained are comparatively rare and are 

 very elusive. 



The practical aspects of the position with regard to the favourite 

 varieties of sugar-cane are shown in the following : — 



Areas on Sugar Plantations for the crops of 1917 and 1918. 



British Acres : 

 1917. 1918. 



The distributions in percentages of the total area are 

 For crops of 1917 and 1918. 



