GRASS FAMILY. 413. 
as a substitute for coffee. The plant is very rich in saccharine matter, 
and affords an excellent syrup; but the sugar is uncrystallizable, and as 
yet no process ie a been discovered by a das which sugar can be pro- 
uced from it in any quantity. Those interested in this matter 
will find a fall, account of all that is ie ‘iret t known concerning the 
culture of this grass, whether for syrup making or as a food for stock, 
in @ work called “ Sorgho and Imphee,” by Henry 8. Ocorr, published 
by A. O. Moorg, New York. 
