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CANE SUGAR.green with red streaks ratter than stripes and remarkable for the intensewhiteness of its ground tissue.In my earlier work, " Sugar and the Sugar Cane," I stated that the BlackTanna was the same as the Tibbo Etam or Black Java, and that the StripedTanna was the Cheribon cane. This very serious mis-statement I now know tobe an error; it was made on the verbal information of a Java resident of severalyears' standing. On the same authority I said that Tanna was the Javaneseterm for 'rich earth,' whence was derived the name of these canes; the termTanna in this case actually refers to the island of that name in the SouthPacific; 'tanah' is, however, a Javanese word roughly equivalent to 'clay.'The Salangore Cane.—Wray 8 describes this cane as, in his opinion,the finest in the world. He mentions that it is remarkable for an excessivequantity of cane itch; that the leaves when dry are peculiarly adherent, andcomments on the large amount of cane wax on the stem, whence have arisenthe Malay terms Tibboo biltong berabou and Tibboo cappor.Wray's opinion has not been supported by other planters, and thefollowing remark due to Harrison 13 aptly describes this cane: —"Some of us will doubtless recollect the time when Mr. A. would plant a fewacres of Salangore cane in the hopes of getting better field returns, and richer canejuice; how these Salangores in some years flourished and raised hopes of heavyreturns of sugar, how in others they unaccountably languished; but how, whetherthey flourished or languished, one thing invariably characterized them—miserablypoor juice and consequent loss of money."In the literature of sugar cane expressions of opinion leading to similarconclusions can be found, the cane being sometimes condemned, and at othertimes referred to in extravagant terms ; it is so well characterized however thatthere seems to be no possibility of doubt as to its identity, and the conclusionis reached that it is a variety particularly susceptible to obscure local conditions.This cane at the time of writing does not seem to be under extensivecultivation; it is apparently grown to some extent in Porto Rico and Brazil,and is again being cultivated in Demerara under the name of Green Transparent.In Spanish writings dealing with the sugar cane a variety is referredto as Canne Rocha, or Waxy cane, which in certain references would appearto be this cane. Harrison and Jenman 3 thus describe this cane as it appears inthe Georgetown Botanical Gardens:—Salangore.—Canes numerous, erect, rather under average height, ofnearly average girth, much under average length of internodes, nodes slightlycontracted, colour whitish or greyish, suffused often with a grey hue, andtouched with carmine where sun-exposed. (Barely arrows.) Panicles large,copiously bunched and flowered, and well projected.In addition to the native Malay terms of Tibboo biltong berabou andTibboo capper given by Wray, Delteil gives Pinang and Chinese (in Bourbon)as synonyms, and Harrison and Jenman give the name White Mauritius (inDemerara), and the term chalk cane is also met with.30