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change and yielded very heavily, In consequence, we 
applied to Mr. BOVELL for plants of it which were duly 
received and planted in the Botanic Gardens. These 
gave us two varieties, one of which proved to be identical 
with the Naga, which we had under the synonym of 
Keening, while the other was shewn by repeated culti- 
vation to be the White Transparent. Whether or not we 
received the true “ Naga sport” we cannot say ; if so the 
plants of it must have been mixed with White Transpa- 
rent canes and ordinary Naga, and failed to grow. But | 
recently I saw many fields of the so-called “ Naga sport” 
(‘“‘Doddsii”) in Barbados, Antigua and St, Vincent, and 
in each case, the majority of the canes were White 
Transparent canes, 
The only other instance, which | am aware of, in 
which sports of this kind have been claimed to be noticed, 
is from Louisiana, and is described on page 379 of 
Bulletin, No. 14 (1891, Second Series), of the Louisiana 
Sugar Experiment Station, in the following words :-— 
“As an illustration of bud variation, three years ago 
some stalks of cane, partly white and partly purple, were 
seleéted from the field of SONIAT Bros.’ Ochampitalas 
plantation. They were called by them bastard canes, 
The stalks were taken and planted as follows :—First 
row, the entire stalk ; second row, the white joints of 
each stalk ; third row, the coloured joints of each stalk, 
At the end of the season four distinét canes, as far as 
colour could direét us, were obtained. ‘Types ofthe four 
new varieties were seleéted and separately planted and 
this year were found to be nearly pure. Sele€tion and 
separate plantings were again made, ‘These canes have 
been named as follows :—First, a white cane, No. 29, 
