A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Reasons for abstaining from West-India rum and sugar, suited to the understandings of the common people / John Valton.

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Reasons for abstaining from West-India rum and sugar, suited to the understandings of the common people / John Valton.

A sugar cane plant (Saccharum officinarum), its flower and sections of stem, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.