297 



Sweet potatC).s, (see Potatos). 

 Swizzle stick tree, 2-0. 



Tahiti, cultivation of vauilla in, ?>9. 

 Tainarinds, 227. 



Tanuias, St. Lucia, when to phmt, 25. 

 Tannock, I)., report on agricultural 



school plots, 221. 

 — , vacation leave, 76. 

 Tarpon, at Barbados, 56. 

 — , — British Guiana, 2-1. 

 - — , — Grenada, 136. 

 — , — Jamaica, 8, 72, 104-. 

 — , — Trinidad, 23."]. 

 Teak seed, at St. Vincent, 204. 

 Terniite.s, remedy for, 91. 

 Text-book of elementary botany, 91. 

 Theobald, V., in.scct |)ests, 45. 

 — , West Indian species of mosquitos, 



120. 

 Thompson, Sir Harry, death of 38. 

 Tick dip, Natal, 163. 

 Ticks, reinetly for, 74. 

 Timber, letter wood, uses of, 268. 

 — , rotting of, 278. 

 — , tropical, rings of growth, 45. 

 — , West Indian, creo.soted, 262. 

 Tobacco, cultivation at Jamaica, 13, 53. 

 — , — — St. Kitts, 53, 133. 

 — , Porto Eico, report on trade, 141. 

 — , Sumatra, growing under .shade, 235. 

 Toad.s, as planters' friends, 246. 

 Toliago, arbor day, 151. 

 — , arrival of settlers from Grenada, 



204. 

 — , better steamship facilities for, 220. 

 — , botanic station, 10. 

 — , ca.ssava at botanic station, 220. 

 — , Ebboa yams in, 58. 

 — , Lagos silk rublier at, 39. 

 — , nutmegs and oranges, grafting and 



budding 148. 

 — , plants, sale of, 284. 

 — , report on botanic station, 141. 

 — , stock, importation of, 236. 

 — , sweet potatos cultivated in, 76. 

 ■ — , tree ]>lauting at, 101. 

 Tomato, seed, how to clean, 270. 

 Toronto exhibition 1902, 102, 121, 150, 



166. 181. 

 Tree [ilanting in Tiiniilad, 70. 

 — , jirize comi>etiti<>ii, 87. 

 — , stumi)S, to remove, 151. 

 Trcma micrantha, 277. 

 Trinidad agricultural education at, 91. 

 — , annual report of government analyst, 



125. 

 — , arbor day, 151. 



— , P>ulletin of niiscellanerius informa- 

 tion 1902, 155. 



Trinidad, cacao and .sugar at, 245. 



— , — , importation forbidden, 100. 



— , coal dci>osits at, 220. 



— , Cottea stenophylla in, 6. 



— , Lagos silk rubber at, 87, 215. 



— , mealy-bug, 200. 



— , moths of, 88. 



— , nature teaching in .schools, 204, 



— , re)iort by ilr. Ward on visit to, 45, 



— , — on botanic garden.s, 1901-02, 



77. 

 — , — — government stock farm, 



125. 

 — , ruliber tree.s at, 77. 

 — , .school gardens at, 269. 

 — , tarpon at, 233. 

 — , trade of, 136. 

 — , tree planting in, 70. 

 Tropical readers, 27. 

 Trypanosoma calcitrans, 182. 

 — 'Evansi, 134, 147. 



u. 



United States, bananas imports, 151. 

 — , beet sugar, in, 22, 210. 

 — , forest trees of, 203. 

 — , onions in, 58. 

 Urania leilu.s, 168. 



— lobata, 189. 



— .sloania, 59. 



V. 



\'acoa fibre, 83. 



Vanilla at Antigua in private gardens, 



236. 

 — , cultivation British Guiana, 220. 

 — , — , Dominica, 135, 188, 276. 

 — , --, Sevchelles 60, 67, 83, 101, 



116, 133, 197, 212. 

 — , — , Taliiti, 39. 

 — , ~, Tobagr,, 220. 

 — , cutting, cost of at Vera Cruz, 150. 

 — , cuttings for sale at Dominica, 72. 

 Vegetable ferments, 43. 

 Vegetables, English, cultivation at 



DoUiinica, 204. 

 — , new, ditticulties of introduction, 263. 

 Velvet seeds at Jamaica, 265. 

 Vera Cruz, vanilla cuttings from, 150. 

 Vine.s, diseases of, 26. 

 Virgin Islands, agricultural efforts in, 



10, 92. 



— - - instructor appointed, 12. 

 Volcanic dust, analysis of, 44, 73, 270. 



280. 



— — , at Barbados, 23, 44, 88, 215, 



Volcanic dust at Jamaica, 104. 



— — , encountered at sea, 60. 



— — , insect jiests, effect on, 215. 



— — , manurial value of, 85. 



— erui)tions and agriculture, 135. 



— — , at ;Martinii|Ue and St. Vincent, 

 81, 201, 231, 237, 251. 



— — , changes in sea level, 188. 



— — , ' Century ' on, 167. 



— — , rei)orts heard at Venezuela, 236. 



— — , rejiort on, 183. 



— — , .scientific commission for St. 

 Vincent, 54, 70, 86. 



W. 



Warrington, K., iihysical properties of 



.soil, "^1. 39. 

 Water bean, 104. 

 Watts, F. Antigua, reiiort on economic 



experiments at, 205 

 — , citrate of lime, 99. 

 — , cotton growing in Leeward Islands, 



153. 169. 

 — , Dominica, report on soils, 76. 

 — , lime industry, Dominica, 60. 

 — , papain, preparation of, 4. 

 — , sugar-cane exiieriments in Leewartl 



Islands, 284. 

 Weeding, importance of, 151. 

 We.st India, 267. 

 West Indies, agents, 95. 



— — , agricultural institutions in, 14, 

 30, 46, 62, 78, 110, 173. 



— — , commercial agents in, 14, 78. 



— — , — inquiry in, 78, 219. 



— — , cotton production in. 23, 103. 



— — , educational ett'orts in, 27. 



- — , exports, 253. 



- ■—, gunga in, 136, 



- - -. hand-books to, 

 78, 94. 



- — , isinglas.s, 154, 183. 



- — , jiroducts in Londc^r 

 226, 230, 275, 278. 



166. 



14, 30, 46, 62, 



rket 



— — , oils, essential, 121. 



— — , trade with Canada, 199, 201. 



— — , winter visitors to, 257. 

 Whales at Antigua, 1 19. 



Wickham, H.A., cultivation of Para 



rublier, 52. 

 Wing covers, use of, in beetles, 73. 



Xiphidium fu>cum, 258. 

 Xylebiiru^ perforaus, 258. 



Y. 



Yams, at St. Lucia, when to plant, 25. 

 Yams, Ebboa in Tobago, 58. 



