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ready for use, but they may be left in the ground for a 

 considerable time without injury. They do not keep well 

 after being removed from the ground. In regions where 

 light freezing weather occurs during the winter, the 

 canes may be stored in a bank. They should be cut 

 early, just before frost may be expected. After cutting, 

 they should be placed in large compact piles and covered 

 with soil. One should choose a place that is well drained 

 and one that will keep quite dry. The object of the bank- 

 ing is to keep the canes from drying out and being frosted. 



Bulletins. 



Sweet Cassava, U. S. D. A., Bur. of Chem. Bulletin 44, 1894. 

 Cassava, Farmers' Bulletin 167, 1903. 



LLEEEN 



Lleren has been long cultivated in the West Indies, and 

 especially in Porto Rico. It was described in 1904, 

 by O. W. Barrett, in the "Plant World." It grows about 

 three feet high, and like the banana, increases by offsets 

 or "heads." It bears many ovoid root-tubers, an inch 

 or two long. These are boiled, and after removing the 

 skins, are eaten as a vegetable. The flavor is said to re- 

 semble sweet corn, and is liked by most persons. It is a 

 good shipper. In Porto Rico the "heads" are planted 

 in rows 4 feet apart, with 2 feet between the plants. 

 It requires a year or more to produce a crop of large-sized 

 tubers. These root-tubers cannot be used for propagation. 

 The plant is Calathea Alluia, allied to Maranta and 

 Canna. 



