. A companion to Blackie's tropical readers, books I and II : containing suggestions for experiemnts and practical work . trol of insect pests. Harvesting. Preparation for marketing. USES Special attention must be drawn to the uses made ofvarious portions of the plants studied; for example:— COCONUTFruit.— (a) Water.—A drink. (b) Meat.—Oil, confectionery, food for animals. (c) Husk.—Coir . mats, coir fibre, mattresses, rope,floor brushes, other brushes. (d) Shell.—Ornamental vases, spoons, drinking vessels. Leaf.—Baskets, sails, mats, hats, thatch, fencing,booths. Stem.—Posts for house-buildin
. A companion to Blackie's tropical readers, books I and II : containing suggestions for experiemnts and practical work . trol of insect pests. Harvesting. Preparation for marketing. USES Special attention must be drawn to the uses made ofvarious portions of the plants studied; for example:— COCONUTFruit.— (a) Water.—A drink. (b) Meat.—Oil, confectionery, food for animals. (c) Husk.—Coir . mats, coir fibre, mattresses, rope,floor brushes, other brushes. (d) Shell.—Ornamental vases, spoons, drinking vessels. Leaf.—Baskets, sails, mats, hats, thatch, fencing,booths. Stem.—Posts for house-building, ornamental woodused for cabinet work, walking-sticks. PREPARATION FOR MARKET When the product has to be cured or manufacturedfor market, the process should be carefully explainedto the children. Notes or drawings should be madeon the blackboard showing each step, and at the sametime specimens should be exhibited illustrating thevarious stages from the raw to the manufacturedarticle. Special attention should be drawn to faultymethods that affect the value of our exports. STUDY OF ECONOMIC PLANTS 27. Fig. 9 NOTES FOR A LESSON ON THE SUGAR CANE (See fig. 9.)PREPARATION FOR LESSON Blackboard Drawings Stem cut in manufacture ofsugar. Specimens Cane plant. Flower-spike. Corn. Grass-spike. Molasses. Muscovado sugar. Albion sugar. 28 COMPANION TO TROPICAL READERS Notes for a Lesson on the Sugar Cane.—(Cont.) Pictures Cane estate. Apparatus and Chemicals Evaporating lamp or lime. Facts to be drawn out of chil-dren by direct and indirect ques-tions (educere, to draw out). 1. Description of Sugar Cane. Plant, like a tall grass withstout stems, 8 to 12 ft. high. Roots, fibrous. Stem, thick, jointed, sweet. Leaves, large, narrow, andpointed; veins parallel. Floicers, large clusters of smallflowers, called cane-flags. 2. Countries. West Indies, Java, Demerara,India. 3. Parishes in Jamaica. Clarendon, We
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