Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-07
suGAr CANrs

IAfte species OF sugar cane u distinguished,
ancient Creole sugar cane, the Oiahee cane, the
Baa''a cane The nrst has leaf of a deeper green,
Tue stem less thick, aud the huOts nearer together
TINS sugar cane was the first introduced from india IN
to Siciy, the Canary Islands aud the west indes. The
second Is OF lighter gIeen and us stem IS higher
'b ker aud more s"ccu.ent The whole plant displays
more MxuTiant vegetation. We this p,ant to the
voyages Of DougAmvie Cock and Bilrh soucatn,ii,e
caslsn u 1" the Isle oi france, whence II passed
CAYENNE Martinique, and STAGE l59l, the rest oi Tue
West INDIA ISLANDS lac sugar cane OF oiaLee. tue
To oithOse ISLANDERS, is the aCdui-
sons, Tor which colonial agriculture is iIdeblea To
me travels of naturasts. II ie0s only third
more juice man Tue CTeolian cane on the space
oil 'ald, but, irrm tue thickness Of It's and the
tehacy OF ITS gneuus ubres 1t furnishes much more
uel The last advantage Is important to the West In
ues Where the destruction ~" tue forests has oi long
time obliged tbs planters tue caues dep rived OF
their juice, To Keep up the fires under their boilers But
t"I The knowledge oi this plan the progress Of
agriculture on tie continent vi Spanish America aud
the introduction Of the East India aud sugars
iesolhcns oi ST. Domingo. aud the desfuciIon
great sugar plantations ei that island have had
more sepsble eiiec, an The ptices OF Colonial ptod1ce
III Europe. The otaheite sugar cane carried
the isle of Trinidad To Caracas. Frcm Caracas a.
passed To CcUta aad san Git, the Kingdom OF New
Grenada In our days cultivation durug rs Wears
almost entirely removed the apprehension Which was
at hts entertained, HAT ransp planted America, the
plant would by degrees degenerate and pecsn,. as
slender Us the Creole cane. II II he variety IT is
very constant rhe third species the violet sugar
csue, called Cana dc Baiapia or de Ca. il enl,,rI,
Indigenous III TIE island OF Java, where II IS cultivated
IN preference IN The districts OF Japara and Pasurau
It's foliage is puTpe, and very broad and preferred
grounds planted with sugar canes are DIVIDED 10y hedges
OF colossal gtanen the latta, or gynesiuIn, with
AMERICAN ZIG TREES.
Inc unhks OF these trees ale covered with odnri.
ferrous plahs OF VANILLA which, IN general flower only
III 'he hobth OF April We were here again struck with
uose iigpeOus eNcrescences which IN the form of rdp
es, or RIBS, augment, IN soexlraurdnary manner and
dSaf as 20 ieei above tile ground, the hIckness
trunk OF the ZIG trees OF America. 4 found trees 22l
feet IN diameter near the these isueous ridges
sometimes separate iroa the INK shi of feet
slc are transformed into cylindrical roots feet thick
Inc Tree looks as IL 1t were supported by Butresses-
rms scaloldng however does penetrate very deem
int the earth The lateral wind az the surface OF
Tue ground and when at twenty feet distance from the
trunk, they with The hatchet ur see the ,niLy
nice 81 the liz tree gush ont WHICH when deprived OF
tue vital influence OF the organs the tree s altered
and coaguiairs. What wonderful con,bin,,ion -,
cells aud vessels exist in these vegetable masses in
these gigantic tees If the zone which without
Interruption perhaps during thousand years prepare
nutritious hudS raise them TO the height $50 ie.t
convey them down again to the ground and conceal
beneath rough aud hard barb, under the inan,mate
layers OF gneous matter all me novemen,r NJ o,n,
lifei
THE COW TREE.
MIA the great number of curious hepomeua which
naNe presented themselves to NE ~ the course OF
travels confess there are few that have uoUerIny
hecled my imagination as the aspect NJ the tree.
Whatever relates to milk, whatever regards corn in
spires an interest which is merely That of The physi
ca knowledge OF thngs, but is connected with another
order q ideas aud sentiments. We can scarcely con
ceiFe hove the human could without iar,na
ceous substances aud without that nouI ishins luce
"lcn TIE breast of tue mother contains and which Is
appropriated 10 the lung ieebleness eIthe infant The
aihyiaceous matter OF corn, the object of religions
'ehratlcn among so many natioEs ancient and IN
isoHhsed h the seeds, aud deposited the TOOLS OF
vegetables mIk which serves us as an ameut aDnrars
10 us exclusively the produce Of animal
sucb are The impressions have received IN oar car
ieS' INFANCY such is also the that astonish
heht which seizes us a. the aspect the tree iust e
crotd IL IS not here the solemn shades OF tests
ne majestic course of rivers the mountains want m
eternal frost that excite emotion. few dTops of
eetanle juice recall TO minds al the powerfuness
anu 'ecun0tS of nature. on the barren dsnk of T,ck
grows tree with cUTaceaus dry leaves It's Iarye
woody roots can scarcely penetrate into the
tOr several months OF the year not single shower
h"stens ITS foliage. Its branches appear dead and
fied But, when ats trunk is pierced there flows from
sweet aud HourIshing milk. IL rising OF the
sun ihat tins vegetable fountain most abundant The
hlacks ana natives are then fastening from an
quarters furnished with large bowls to receive the
DIN "hich grows yellow and thickens at its sn.fce
some esplny their bowls under abe Tree itself others
carr lbe Juice home to their children We sseu 10
see The family Of shepherd who distributes The nlilk
TO his dock. Wv "'''N
have described the sensation which the COW lree
awaSens 10 The nina Of thr traveller at the 0Tst
IN eNa'IiTus the physical properties ANNA; aud
vegetable products, science displays them as ciosely
unset togethrr bat strips them Of what is marvel
o"s ana perhaps also OF OF their charms OF what
eNcned orr as,nntsimcnt. Nothing appears isoiated
the chemical principles tbar believed 10 ne peculiar
10 aninais are iOntd m pauts common chain links
together all organic matter