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introduced into Georgia a few years since and has been 
fouijid to grow there in great perfection.* The sacharine 
matter of the Georgia cane is quite as rich and plentiful as 
that from the cane of the West-Indies. It is supposed 
that most of the land in that state near the coast, south of 
Sunbury, may be converted into sugar plantations ; and 
since it is pretty well ascertained that more cotton is raised 
than the manufactories of that article consume, the sugar 
Cane might be advantageously substituted for it.f The 
interests of humanity, however, would not be advanced 
by the exchange, as they employ more slaves to make the 
sugar than to cultivate the cotton. 
The Fiorin Grass, or Agrostis Stolonifera, is a native of 
the United States.^ Our fellow member, Charles Whitlow, 
first discovered it in Sussex county, New-Jersey,mid after¬ 
wards on the margin of the Genesee river—It grows also 
in great profusion on the island below this city.§ Dr. 
Mease mentions that he found it on the commons of 
Philadelphia. This I believe to be incorrect. It is the Agros¬ 
tis Capillaris,t and not the Stolonifera, which is seen in that 
place. 
The Fiorin Grass has excited much attention in this 
country, since the introduction of Merino Sheep; these 
animals being remarkably fond of it, and the grass, from its 
•succulent qualities, being well adapted for their fodder— 
Indeed most cattle prefer it as food to the other grasses ; 
and it is particularly proper for cows, as it is said to increase 
the quantity and to improve the quality of their milk. 
The advantages in agriculture of the Agrostis are of no 
* Medical Repos. voL 12, p. 192. 
t Dr. Mease recommends the raising of the papaver in room of the 
cotton. 
t There are six species of the Agrostis mentioned by Dr. Muhlen¬ 
berg as natives of this country, two of these are new species—the 
Capillaris is among the number but not the Stolonifera—See Muh¬ 
lenberg’s Flora Lancastriensis in American Philoso. Trans, vol. 3, 
p. 160. 
§ On tins island is found the Avena elatior and in the small com¬ 
pass of o feet I have seen 6 or 8 different species ef grass. 
If Archives of Useful Knowledge, vol. 2, p. 278. 
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