. Botany for high schools. Botany. 398 GEXERAL MORPHOLOGY OF PLAXTS manufacture of various articles (see paragraph 442 for smut of corn). 562. Sugar cane, sorghum, broom com, etc.—The sugar of commerce is largely obtained from sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). though the sugar beet is also the source of a great quantity. The sugar cane is a tropical and subtropical member. Fig. 387. Cutting sugar-cane in Louisiana. From Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. of the grass family. Louisiana is the greatest sugar-producing state in the Union. The plant is ten to twenty feet high and has a w
. Botany for high schools. Botany. 398 GEXERAL MORPHOLOGY OF PLAXTS manufacture of various articles (see paragraph 442 for smut of corn). 562. Sugar cane, sorghum, broom com, etc.—The sugar of commerce is largely obtained from sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). though the sugar beet is also the source of a great quantity. The sugar cane is a tropical and subtropical member. Fig. 387. Cutting sugar-cane in Louisiana. From Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. of the grass family. Louisiana is the greatest sugar-producing state in the Union. The plant is ten to twenty feet high and has a widely spreading panicle of flowers at the top. It does not produce seed in the United States but is grown on large planta- tions from cuttings. The canes, after being stripped of the leaves, are crushed to obtain the sap, which is boiled down to obtain the sugar and various S}Tups and molasses. Some of the great sugar-growing regions are Cuba, Java, the Hawaiian. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and Company
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