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only be killed by pulling it up. Cana grass (Comme- 

 lyna Cayennensis) one or more Convolvulaceae (Ipomaea 

 fastigiata), &c.), and weeds such as Erigeron and other 

 Compositae, help to swell the list. Mucca-Mucca (Mon- 

 trichardia arborescens) and several caladiums also 

 occur. The grasses to be found, usually, on front stiff 

 clay lands, would principally consist of Bahama grass, 

 {Cynodon dadlylon)^ Nut grass, (Cyperus rotundusjy 

 Sour grass, (Paspalum conjugatum), Para grass, (Pani- 

 cum tnollej, and Cana grass and Silver fern in drills and 

 drains. Mucca-mucca, several caladiums, includingabronze 

 one, and in some cases, a pretty grass caWcd Penm'setum 

 seiosum, besides Eleusine Indica and other weeds. 



In the late heavy seasons there was a great change in 

 the vegetation of the cane piece. In front lands the 

 canes did not cover the land as they should, and many 

 grasses that in ordinary seasons would have been killed 

 by the absence of air and light have been found to sur- 

 vive throughout the year's growth of the cane. Bahama 

 grass, which used to get spindly and thin, and even 

 eventually disappear, at from six to eight months with a 

 good cover, as also the Nut grass, though in this case 

 only to re-appear with air and light as fresh as ever, has 

 in many cases been able to exist throughout the season. 

 Mucca Mucca and Silver fern find a home on the slopes 

 of the drains, and though more and more spindly as the 

 shade increases are often to be found when canes are cut. 

 Vines run up the canes, and if not pulled off in weeding 

 and trashing, live throughout the whole season as 

 they grow high enough to get air, but in an ordinary 

 season, except these, no weeds should be able to main- 

 tain the struggle against the cane, and the fields when 



