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my opinion, have been since fully confirmed by many 
experiments :-— | 
1. That every (sugar cane) region is peculiarly adapted 
to the culture of one or other variety of cane, the causes 
of which science cannot accurately determine. 
2. That we shall be led to false conclusions if we judge 
of the qualities of a variety of cane suited to a certain 
distri€t, by the qualities shown by the same cane when 
transplanted into conditions of inferior culture. 
3.» That the sugar cane, like a great number of other 
vegetables, is improved by continuous careful cultivation. 
4. That it is not always advantageous, and that it may 
be imprudent to replace on a large scale, in a given 
locality, a good variety of cane by another variety which 
' gives better results in a different region. 
(6) By bud vartation. 
Until recently this mode of attaining an improved. 
variety of cane appeared to be a favourite one with the 
authorities at Kew. By “bud variety” is meant the 
produ€tion of a variety distinét from that of the parent 
cane by means of a shoot springing from an eye. As 
the search for these “ bud variations” has been recom- 
mended by such high authority it is of some interest to 
ascertain on what grounds the assertion that “ bud varia- 
tion” occurs in the sugar cane is based. Neither Mr. JEN- 
MAN nor myself during our long individual experiences 
with the scientific observation of the sugar cane—experi- 
ences probably as extensive as that of any other scientific 
observers—have ever seen anything resembling a ‘‘ bud 
variation” in the case of the sugar cane, and | think that 
we are justified in assuming that if such variation ever 
occurs it is only in exceedingly rare cases, 
