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Underground Sugar Cane Stem. 



A paper by G. G. Auchinleck, B. Sc, on 

 the underground stem of the sugar cane, 

 printed in Vol. X, No. 2, of the West Indian 

 Bulletin, is speciall}' interesting as it shows 

 that the sugar cane possesses a true rhizome, 

 or underground stem, the existence of which 

 does not appear to have been suspected hith- 

 erto. Leading from the observation that a 

 clump of well-grown canes which has been 

 removed from the ground shows a con- 

 nection between its parts and a rigidity 

 that do not seem to be sufficiently explained 

 by a supposition that they are due to an 

 entanglement of roots, the writer goes on 

 to demonstrate that, by suitable removal 

 of these organs, it becomes apparent that 

 the means of the connection and the cause 

 of the rigidity are supplied by a true rhi- 



zome, that is a horizontal underground stem. 

 From a description of the appearance and 

 mode of growth of this structure the way 

 in which sugar cane is enabled to ratoon 

 continuously and why a clump of canes 

 can rise from the growth of one eye of a 

 cutting are demonstrated and accounted for 

 in a plain and satisfactory manner. The 

 practical applications of the facts disclosed 

 are, briefly, that care must be taken not to 

 injure the stools during cultivation, for the 

 loss of a rhizome means the loss of next 

 year's stalks, and that tillage of ratoons, 

 if it is necessary, should take place as soon 

 after reaping as possible, so that the cut- 

 ting of the roots may be avoided, for the 

 ratoon quickly becomes independent of the 

 plant, and the latter is sure to die after it 

 has flowered. — Barbadoes News. 



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