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Sabal Adansoni, Gruernaent, 
Dwarf Palmetto. South. Carolina, G-eorgia and Piorida. 
A stemless Pan-Palm, with the two following and 
Chamaorops Hystrix attaining the most northerly positions 
of any American palms. 
Sabal PalmettO) Poem, and Schult.* 
Extends from Florida to North Carolina. The stem attains 
a height of 40 feet. This noble Palm ought to grow on 
our sandy coast-tracts, as in such it delights to live. 
Sabal serrulata, P. and S. 
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The stem grows to 
8 feet high. The leaves can be used for cabbage-tree hats 
and other purposes, for which palm-leaves are sought. 
Saccharum officinarum, L. 
The Sugar-Cane. India, China, South Sea Islands, not 
indigenous in any part of America or Australia. Sugar- 
cane having been cultivated in Spain and other countries 
on the Mediterranean Sea, it will be worthy of further trial, 
whether in the warmest parts of our Colony under similar 
climatic conditions sugar from cane can be produced to 
advantage. Though the plant will live unprotected in the 
vicinity of Melbourne, it thrives there not sufficiently for 
remunerative culture. But it may be otherwise in East 
Gipps Land or along the Murray Piver and its lower 
tributaries. In the United States the profitable culture of 
cane ceases at 32“ N.L., in China it extends only to the 30° 
N.L. In the last-mentioned country the culture of Sugar- 
cane dates from the remotest antiquity ; moreover we have 
from thence a particular kind (S. Sinense, Poxb.), which is 
hardier and bears drought better than the ordinary cane ; 
this kind needs renewal only every second or third year, and 
ripens in seven months if planted early in spring, but if 
planted in autumn and left standing for fully a year the 
return of sugar is larger. Moderate vicinity to the sea is 
favorable for the growth of canes. ^ 
The multiplication of all sorts of Sugar-cane is usually effected 
from top cuttings, but this cannot be carried on from the 
