Amelia Opie

“ The top is of a darkish green; but the more dry it becomes, (from either an excess of ripeness, or a continuance of drought,) of a russet yellow, with long and narrow leaves depending; from the centre of which, shoots up an arrow, like a silver wand, from two to six feet in height; and, from the summit of which, grows out a plume of white feathers, which are delicately fringed with a lilac dye, and indeed is, in its appearance, not much unlike the tuft that adorns this particular and elegant tree." ↑ The top shoots are full of eyes, or gems, as they are called. ”

“ But woe to all, both old and young,
⁠Women and men, or strong or weak,
Worn out or fresh, those gangs among,
⁠That dare the toilsome line to break!
NEGROES HOLING THE CANE-FIELD.
As holes must all at once be made,
⁠Together we must work or stop ”

“ Gracechurch-Street, London.
↑ "A field of canes, when standing in the month of November, when it is in arrow or full blossom, (says Beckford, in his descriptive account of the Island of Jamaica,) is one of the most beautiful productions that the pen or pencil can possibly describe. It, in common, rises from three to eight feet, or more, in height; a difference of growth that very strongly marks the difference of soil, or the varieties of culture. ”