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CANE SUGAE.under the name of Portii, Lahaina and Keni-keni. Harrison and Jenman 3identify Bourbon, Cuban, Lahaina, and Otaheite, but separate Keni-keni.This difference of opinion can be reconciled by assuming that there are twosimilar canes, and that the names proper to one variety have been applied tothe other; great probability is lent to this view in the following account of theorigin of the Lahaina cane:—Mr. D. D. Baldwin, in a letter appearing in the Hawaiian Planters'Monthly, for May, 1882, states that in 1854 Captain Edwards, in the ship'George Washington,' brought two varieties of cane from Otaheite (not from theMarquesas); these two varieties are now (1882) known as Cuban and Lahaina,the Cuban also obtaining the name 'Oudinot.' To the Cuban was also appliedthe term Keni-keni, from the native term kinikini, 'numerous,' in referenceto the prolific nature of the cane.Mr. Baldwin thus distinguishes between these two canes.Lahaina.—Long straight leaves of light colour, heavily aculeated, orcovered with prickles at the base, with small round prominent buds.Cuban.—Leaves of darker green, bending down in graceful curves, withno prickles, nnd largo triangular buds, located in little cavities on the side ofthe cane stalk.Mr. Baldwin further states that in 1861-62, Cuban was the favouritecane, and that it afterwards gave way to Lahaina, the latter possessing theseadvantages: rapid growth, deep rooting, hard rind when mature, superiorrichness of juice, firm compact fibre, making the trash easy to handle, andenhancing its value as fuel.The Louzier cane is one that has been and still is extensively grown inMauritius, and its origin is entirely different. In a letter received by thewriter in 1908, from M. Auguste Yillele, of Mauritius, its origin is stated asiollow8 :—In 1868 or 1869, M. Lavignac introduced into Mauritius severalvarieties of cane from New Caledonia, amongst which was the Mignonne, ared and green striped cane. This cane when cultivated was noticed byM. Louzier to throw sports, and from a yellow sport was developed the canewhich for many years formed the standard cane of Mauritius. It is certainthat the Louzier cane, which has travelled from Mauritius to other districts, isnot to be distinguished from the Yellow Otaheite cane (or canes); and thewriter, who has seen the Bourbon, the Lahaina, and the Louzier on the largescale in Demerara, in Hawaii, and in Mauritius, has no hesitation in sayingthat grown on the large scale they are indistinguishable. It is then reasonableto suppose that the Lahaina and Bourbon canes, although introduced as selfcolouredcanes, were originally in Otaheite sports from the cane introducedinto Mauritius in 1868 or 1869 under the name Mignonne, and that in Otaheitethe latter was cultivated by the natives as a separate cane.24