Note 173 — XV. (continued 2)

Some experiments on a small scale were made with the Sorgho at Aquileia near Görz, by M. Karl Ritter, a well-known merchant and sugar refiner, of Trieste. We were shown samples of refined sugar, extracted from the Sorgho, which promised the best results. A large quantity of seeds which were sent a year ago to one of the members of the Novara Expedition by M. de Montigny, had been made use of to institute a series of experiments in cultivation, in those parts of the Empire, the climatic conditions of which promised to be most favourable for the growth of the Sorgho.