423 



Java mgiiT industry unsettled, 281. M. 



Jippi-Jappa (^Cariudovica palmata), 



359. • Mace on the London market, 15, 123, 



'John Bull ' tree {Thespesiajopiclyiea)} 223, 303, 367, 399. 



45. IMadras, new varieties of sugar-cane in, 



Johnson grass (Sorghum ka/cjie/ise), 39.1 23G. 



Jones, G. A., 19, 227. j — , palm sugar production in, 211. 



Jute cultivation iu Brazil, pro.^pects of, — , sugar cane cultivation in, 341. 



246. 'Mahoe co' hon tree [Stercidia caribaea), 



— sacks for use in Cuban sugar in in relation to the cotton stainer, 154, 

 dustry, 28. i 15-5, 341. 



' — — or 'John Bull' tree {Tkespesia 

 K. i pcpidnea), 154. 



Mahoganies, the true, 297. 

 Kapok, use of, as surgical dres.^ing, 124 Maiden's blush {Mmnordica charantid). 

 Kelp, potash production from. 108 ' 74. 



Kew, the great flagstaff at, 329 |\Iail service, Indo-Burma aerial, 335. 



Keys, Alfred, 284, "293. [Maize inter-cropped with legumes, 35. 



Knapp, A. W , 228. I — oil, food value of. 5(5. 



Kola on the London market, 61, 95, — , root system of, 8. 



Malachra cipitata (wild ociiro), 155 

 Malaria, treatment of, 251. 

 Malaya, fruit culture in, 329. 

 — , rubber research in, 297. 



23, 14.3, 191 

 367, 399. 



Koster's Curse {Clideinia hirfa). 

 269. 



223, 253, 303, 335 

 137 



Labour and emigration, 329 



Lacciuni domesticura, 200. 



Laudium doniesticuni (' Duku'), 329. 



Lind settlement, private, in AntifUa. 



328 

 — valnes in Barbados, 124. 

 Leather, fish-skin, 409. 

 Lebidibia coriaria (rlivi-divi), 204 

 Lecythis Zabucajo (Sapucaia nnt), 283 

 ILegume, in priise of the, 247 

 Legumes maize inter-cropped with, 35. 

 Lemon {Citrus medim), 172. ' 



Lightning, eftect of on Hevea rubber, 



309. 

 Lima bean, large white-seeded, in Gr( n- 



ada, 229. 



Man, food requirements of, 216. 

 Manatee as a food animal. 181. 

 Manatus latirostris (American manatee), 



181. 

 — senegalensis (Seneijal manatee), 181 

 Manchester, cotton trade in, 403. 

 Manganese mines, Cuban, 316. 

 Mango {j\fat!gi/era indicd), 202. ■ 

 .Mangosteen {Garcinia mangostana), 



164. 

 'W-Mig' ove (lihiuiphom mangle), 11, 282 

 \ianicou {Didelpkis nudicaudala), 325. 

 .Manure, fannyard, making without ani 



mals, 361. 

 — , liquid, advantages of for garden 



crops, 172 

 — making in Mauritius, 411 

 Manuria! experiment", disturbing fac 



tors in, 302 



Lime culiivation in D -minica, 100, llS.lManures, chemical. West Indian im- 

 142, 158 165. I ports of, 344, 377. 



— juice factory, Demerara, .'!10 JMap of the world's sugar production, 



— — on the London market, 15, 61,1 247. 

 95, 143, 191, 223, 253, 367, 369. (Marine enterprise a' the Bahamas, 233. 



— oil on the London market, 95, Market Repoits 16,32,48,64,80,96, 

 123, 191, 223, 255, 303, 367, 112, 128, 144, 160. 176, 192, 208, 



— trees in Montserrat, improvement of, 224, 240, 256, 272, 288, 304, 320,! 

 227 336, 352, 368, 384, 400, 416. j 



Liming, effect of, on crop yields, 41. ■ Mauritius, Casu'iriiia woods in, 51. \ 

 Limes, bringing in, on an estate in St.: — , manure making in, 411.. j 



Lucia. 319. [Maxwell-Lpfroy, Prof. H,, 227. 



—, budded, 327. Meade cotton, 294. 



— , green, condition of when shipped. Meal, molascuit and megass, 52. \ 



169i ■ Medicago denttculata, 323. 



— , — , wastage of, 139,281. .Megass fur pa; ipr making, 205 



Live stock, diminution of during war. Mephitis mepht.ici (North American' 



316 I skunk), 361, I 



in Antigua, health of, 276. |.\Ie.>:ican apple [Casimirca iduhs, 283. 



Logwood, Jamaica, 340. jMexico as a sugar producer, 252 | 



Loncb carpus cyane&cen.?, 267. jMichelia champaca, 284. _| 



Louisiana, sugar-cane cultivation in,!Milk, added water in, calculation of, 285. 



notes on, 115. — i adulteration penalties, 309. 



— , sugar production in, 204. |-, S-^-nitaty, production of, 251. 



'Million' {Girardnms poeciloides), 8, 9. 



Mitragyne stipulosa, 248. 



Mola.'ses, industrial alcohol made from, 



84. 

 — , standardization of, 36. 

 — , utilization of, 37. 

 Momordica charantia (Maiden's blush), 



56, 74. 



— cochinchinensis, 56, 163. 477, 393 

 Mongoose in St Croir, extermination 



of, 28. 



— in Trinidad, food of, 138. 

 Montserrat, agricultural outlook in, 221. 

 — , cotton crop in, 1 34. 

 — , — pests in, l.'>2. 

 — , — stainers in, destruction of food- 

 plants of, 153 



'— , items of local interest, 22. 43, 87, 



127, 166, 196, 231, 263, 308, 324, 

 I 404. 



— , lime trees in, improvement of, 227. 

 — , shipping cotton at, 310. 

 j — , sweet potato in, remarkable yields 



of, 359. 

 Moon and crops, 309 

 — . effect of, on plants, 415. 

 M( ringa pterygospernn (horse radish 



tree). 164 

 .Vrote'si'iterchangeaVilehand plough 316. 

 Motor tractors for St Vincent 301. 

 Murraya (Chalcas) evoiioa (ci'.ronella), 



142. 



— exotica (orange jasmine) 360. 

 Myrciaria cuulittora (Jaboticaba), 283. 



N. 



Xaphthaleup, storing in sacks, 282. 

 Nasturtium officinale (water-ctess), 216. 

 Nature Study ' 183. 



Nelumbium speciosum (pink lotns), 364. 

 Nematode, a new, causing parasitic 



gastritis in calves, 278 

 Nephelium kppaceum (Eambutan), 283. 



— mutabile, 2S3. 

 Nevi.s. agriculture in. 55. 



— , close .season for cotton, in, 88. 



— , coco-nuts and vanilla in, 259. 



— , items of local interest, 43, 75, 111, 



133, 167, 212. 253, 286, .308, 332, 



388. 

 Nicaragua shade tree (Gliricidia macu- 



/afa), 100, 101. 

 Nigeria, indigo of, 267- 

 — , sugnr and tobacco prospects in, 371. 

 Nipi fruticii s (Nipah palm), sugar and 



alcohol from, 3-10 

 Nitrate, early application of, 345. 

 Nitrogen fixation from air, 252. 



— — in tropical soils. 296. 



North American skunk (Mephitis me- 



phitica), 361. 

 Notes, personal, 227. 

 Nowell, W., 293, 379. 

 Nutmegs on the L ndon market, 1.5, 

 123, 223, 367, 399. 



