425 



. Kilts, 



104. 



168 



86, 

 340, 



R. 



Ttabbit skins, ui-.u'ket for, 

 j^ainfall, abnormal, in St 



— in Dominica in 1918, 



— — Antigua. 1S3 

 Kain tree of Hieno {0/eod ijjhiie Joe- 



tetis), 252. 

 — , weight of, 207. 



Rambutan {JSlephelium lapaceum), 283. 

 Kats, and their extermination, 399. 



— in the West Indie.", 406. 

 . — , simple remedy for destroyii g, 204 



tro«ble.somB in Tiinidad, 31.5 

 Records, value of, 232. 

 Red mangrove {Rhizophote mangle), 



282. 

 Remora sp. (fisherman fish), 293. 

 Kesearch station, zoological, in 



tropics, 89. 

 Rhizophora mangle (mangrove), 



28, 2. 

 Rice experiments in Trinidad, 343 



— factory, Demerara, 310 

 — , hill, in Antieua, 277. 

 — , shortage of, 264. 



— situation in Demerara, 285. 



— straw, utilization of, 2b4. 

 — , West Indian, 207. 

 River estate, Trinidad, 360. 

 Roads, concrete, advantages of, 172. 

 loot nodules and Casuarina, 393. 

 Etsella {Hilnsins sahdaii'ffa), 201. 

 Rothaiiisted Experimental Station 

 Royal Soc ety of Arts medals, 46. 

 Eubber Castilloa, 335. 



— Ceara {flkyrysothamnus /la/fseosies) ,Sa.nds, W X., 32S. 



the 



St, Kitts, vanilla curing in, 275. 

 St. Lucia, agricultural credit societies in, 

 246. 



— , bringing in limes at 319. 

 — , exports from, 359, 

 — , items of local interest, 43, 55 

 126, 166, 196, 2.30, 286, 308 

 3*3. 

 — , plant legislation in, 121. 

 — , prize holdings competition, 

 1918-19; 319. 



— — , war time food production in, 

 213 



St. Vincent, acreage under cotton in. 7. 



— — , cc tton in, 9. 



— — , — crop, past season's, 230. 



— — -, legislation in, 38. 



— — , insect eating birds in, protection 

 of, 15. 



11 



262 



— , items of local interest 

 86, 133, 150, 196. 230, 

 340, 382 



— , plant legislation in, 237. 



• — foodstuffs in, prservation of, 77. 



• — Government cotton ginnery, 88 

 — ■ granary, 231. 

 — , Indian corn in. 327. 

 — , motor tractors for, 301. 



iSalubrities, 239. 



'Salt industry of the Turks and Caicos'Solanum bullatum, 235. 



Islands, 12 i — grantiiiorum, 235. 



— , tolerance of, by the sugar-cane, 356 i — macbanthura, 61 

 Saman tree {Pithecolobiiim Soman), 348 ' — melongena (egg plant), 61 

 53. Sandalwood oil, West Indian, warningi — robustum, 61. 



Sidero.xylon dulcificum, 77. 



Sierra Leone, Brimstone tree of, 248. 



Silk- cotton tree (Eriodendron anfrac- 



iuosHin), 45, 155, 202. 

 — , use of as surgical dressing, 124. 

 jSilos and ensilage, 258. 

 Sisal (Agaz'c sisa/ana), 35, 106. 



— and henei|uen, 106. 



— cul(i\ation in British East Africa, 35. 



— — — the East Africa Protectorate, 

 220. 



— Antigua, 220, 277. 



Skunks and toads, 361 



Slugs {Veronkella occidenialis), 182. 



.Snake gourd {Trichosa?itkes anguina), 



I 137. 



Soap nuts on tie London market, 

 223 



Sodium nitrate as a manure for cas- 

 , 55 I sava, 3 1 6. 



324 Soil acidity, new method of determining 

 232. 



— • aeration, 95. 



— classification, 281. 



— deficiencies, 265. 

 'Soils, heated, influence of, on growth, 



249. 

 — , liming of, 217. 

 — ., tropical, nitrogen fixation in, 296. 



against use of, 236. 

 Sandericum radiatum, 



164. 



131. jSanitation in British Guiana, 60. 



cultivation in British Guiana, 135 Sapucaria nut iZd'yT'/iij- Zn^^^a/'o), 283. 

 _ — Hainan, 409. jSarawak bean {Do/ichos Hosei), 72, 73, 



exports from India, in 19171 8, 220.1 88. 



Sarsapanlla on the London market, 15 



Hevea, effect of lightning on, 309. 



manufactures in L^nited States 



value of, 124. 

 — , new facts c -ncerning, 358. 

 — , Para, industry in Uganda, 172. 



— research in Malaya, 297. 

 _ seed oil, 30.9, 376. 



— selection, 227. 



— trees, selection of, 379. 

 — , tapping, cuts in, 268. 



61, 9.5, .123, 143. 191. 22.3, 303 



335, 367, 399. 

 School, a floating, 248. 



gardens, 83. 

 Science in cacao production, 141. 

 Scilla maritima, 399. 

 Seaside grape (Coccoloba uvi/em), 



397. 

 Sea-weeds, poultry fed with, 12 



Wendlandii, 16. 

 Sonchus oleraceus (sow thistle), 92. 

 Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass), 99. 

 Sorghums, the grain, 29. 

 [South Africa, assisted settlers in, 210. 



— African grasses for paper making 

 39. 



— American sugar-producing countries, 

 124. 



Southdown sheep for the Ste. Madeleine 



estates, Trinidad, 284. 

 Sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), 92. 

 Spigelia anthelmia (wormweed), 169. 

 Spilanthes uliginosa, 169. 

 322, Sponges, cultivation of, 194. 



— from the British Virgin Islands, 

 313. 



Seed beds, steam steriliadtion of, 37. Soybean, 201. 

 Seed disinfection by formaldehyde gas, Spondias lutea (hog plum), 202. 

 S_ 1 252. Stable manure as a phosphatic ferti- 



ISeeds, electrical treatment of, 367. lizer, 57. 



•St. Croix Agricultural Experiment Sta-|Senegal manatee (Manatus senegale" Suir iip[>\e{C/i/yso/>/ijllumCa:nl/o),liii. 



tion, 99. 

 , cane planting on the flat in, 203. 



— — experiment station, some acheive- 

 ment^ of, 365. 



— — , extermination of mongoose in, 28| 

 , weather in, 317. 



St. Kitts, abnormal rainfall in, 168. 



— — , items of local interest, 22, 7.5, 78, 

 127, 167, 197, 252, 263, 308, 324, 

 382, 404. 



— — , sugar factory in, 36. 



sis), 181. Stenotaphrum glabrum, syn., compleua 



Sesbania grandiflora, 164. ' turn, 51. 



Settlers, assisted, in South Africa, 210.iSterculia caribaea (mahoe cochon tree), 

 — , new, opportunities for in the West 341. 



Indies, 360. Stevia rebaudiana, 77. 



Shea butter tree, 283. 



Sheep, Southdown, introduced 



Trinidad, 284. 

 Shepherd, F. R., 359. 

 Sida acuminata, 182. 



carpinifolia (twelve o'clock), 182. ' 371 



Stizolohium sp (velvet bean), 94, 207. 

 into Sucking fish, 275. 



Sugar and abohol from the Nipah palm 



i {Ni/>a fruticans), 340. 



j — and tobacco prospects in Nigeria, 



