Show A new of cuno catic many new plants have been brought to light in the lecent recent explorations by englishmen frenchmen and germans in equatorial africa but one in III particular lias has a special claim to tho the attention of west In indians dialls in tho the upper niger region where great heat and moisture combine to produce luxuriance of tropical vegetation eget atlon a giant variety of sugar cane lias has been found which is described as possessing great saccharine richness and being reproduced from seed inch which in this variety is well w ell developed de doped this I 1 is s indeed nevis news to the sugar planter and from a botanical point of view confirms the theory that our awes present cultivated varieties a noties are descended from an original perfectly flowering and seeding plant the tile perpetuation of which by b cuttings impaired cI in course of timo time the original attributes of the parent variety tile agricultural board and local planters should talve take particular note of this reported discovery and so also should the government botanist such a variety of cane introduced in in the island would w be worth millions of silkworms and prove infinitely more advantageous for its prosperity and it is to be hoped tt vo 0 shall soon hear something moio more of the niger cane port of spain gazette |