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IN the nearest of our tropical colonial possessions, which comprise the group of islands generally known as the West Indies, the dominant industry for the last hundred years has been that of the sugar-cane. Sugar and rum are indissolubly connected with these islands, and, under the circumstances which existed fifty years ago, there is no doubt that lowlands in the West Indies were better suited for the remunerative culture and growth of the sugar-cane than any other plant. Owing to a variety of causes, among which the abolition of slavery and the extension of sugar plantations in other lands are the chief, sugar-growing in the West Indies has suffered numerous reverses of fortune. Latterly, the difficulties of planters have been greatly increased by the improved production of beet-sugar in Europe.
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MORRIS, D. Botanical Federation in the West Indies . Nature 35, 248–250 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035248d0
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