424 



Oreat Urituin. .-iigar iinpiirts from Java, Hawaiian Islaiuis 

 PiTii, anil (ierniany, l-">(i. — — , 



<iirfM niainniny. iMiltivation of castni- oil| in, L'G8. 

 |>lants tnr. H4"i. -- 



witli n(pn-lfi.'nniinnns crops, - sni;ar-cane 



rice ari'a nf. ."Wi. In(lij;o inodnrtion in Imiia. I'l". 

 ■ii^al ln'ni|j ciillivatinn|[n(instiial school, l'>riti>li (iiiiana, crops 



sni,'ai- indnstiv m. 

 ■states, labonr am 



251. 



Orcnada, auiicuitnral meeting at, 3'^5. 



.-: — , Botanii- Station, tiowciing of Pei'is- 

 teiia elata at, olS. 



— , cacao expeiiiiicnts in. ."):i. 



— , — industiy of. 7. 



V-, — sliipnient from, 7(i. "2(iS. 



— , inocnlation of Icitmninous- (irops at. 

 236. 



— , nutmeg cultivation nnremnneiative 



,. at, 268. 



— , prize-holdings comp'tition and village 



,, shows in, 247, 411. 



— , --- — scheme for cacao grow- 



ers at, 284. 



— , regulations respecting importation o1 

 . animals from St. Vincent, 218. 



— , report of coniinission on condition of 

 jieasant proprietoi-s, 215. 



— , rubber planting in, 47. 



— , sale of agricultural pniiluce at, 34.3 



— , school gardens in, 07. 



— , spice industry of, 7. 



— , u.se of leguminous ciops for .soil im 

 provenient, 389. 



Ground nut cultivation, 149. 



— - — in liurma, 69. 

 -^— — e.Kperiments in Dominica, 117 



— — , uses of. 69. 



— — , value of, 133. 



— nuts and products, tises of, 172. 



— — , exports from West Africa, 396 

 -^ — , increased imjiorts into Mar- 



seille.s, 252. 



— — , increasing cultivation in I'.urma. 

 380. 



— _- in United States, 101. 



— — , siiipment from St. Vincent, 395 

 „. _, yield r.f, 119. 

 , — provision area in iiritish ( iniana,! Illinois, maize jilantinix e.\pcrimcnts in 



376. ' 39(;. 



gation on, -lO. 



— sugar planters' experiment station. 

 noTnenclatiire of sugar-canes, 412. 



Hawaii, agricnltnral conditions in, 403. 



cashaw tree in, 151. 

 — , coti'ee .growing in, 206. 

 — , — in, 62. 

 ---, cvperiments in fruit exj)ort from, 



372. 

 — , rice cultivation in, 245. 

 — , niliber planting in, 44, 111. 



, sugar-cane seedling 1). 95 in, 172. 



, — — experiments in, 



108. 



sugar industry, returns obtainable in, 



316. 



, tobacco cultivation in, 174. 



, -— experiments at, 252. 

 Hawk'.s-bill turtle, 123. 

 Hints for school gardens, 98. 

 Holland, beet sugar production in, 398, 

 — , insurance of live stock in, 302. 

 Honduras, S[)anish, rubber exjiorts from, 



268. 

 Honey, exports from St. Lucia, 76. 



— production in California, 245. 

 — , retui'n at ilontserrat Experiment 



Station, 124. 

 Howell, Alleyne (J., leave of absence, 229 

 Hnmns and soil moisttire, 279. j 



— in the soil, physical ett'ects of, 359.1 

 Hurricane damage of crops in the West 



Indies, insurance against, 185, 357 

 Hutton, J. Arthur, 

 cotton, 310. 



grown at, 393. 

 242. fnsecti<-ide, lead arsenate as an, 289. 

 irri Inset-tides, removal of im|iort duty at St. 

 Kitt's Nevis, 25l'. 

 Insect Pests ; 



Angotiinois grain moth. 153. 



ant, white, deslrnction of, 100. 



Argentine ant, 122. 



bag-worm on cacao, 282. 



beetles, remedies against attack of, 266. 



black blight, 161. 



black scale, parasite of, 17(). 



blood-sucking tlies and ticks, 129. 



cacao beetle, 266. 



— — , attack on cacao pod.--. 2S2. 

 cattle and fowl tick.«, 42. 



— tick, 378. 



cocoa-nut palm blight at La.go.s, 170. 

 codlin moth in California, 186. 

 Coleoptera or beetles, 250, 266. 

 cotton boll weevil in Cuba, 281. 



— worm in olden days, 39. 

 — ,■ treatment for, 258. 



— — , use of lead arsenate for 

 destruction of, 289. 



destruction of cotton for prevention 

 against in.sect pests in St. Croix. 198. 



Diptera, 314, 330, 346. 



disease-bearing in.sects at Jaiuaica, 

 investigation by Mr. K. New.stead, 

 332. 



fleas and dissemination of plague, 346. 



■ --, two remedies for, 13. 



flies, number of species, 314. 



rtower-br.d dropping of cotton at An- 

 tigua, causes of, 154. 

 ices of Sea Islandj frogdiopper, ott'er of prize for essay (ui, 

 by Trinidad Agricultural Society, 

 364. 



fruit flics, 410. 



— fly, destruction of, 105. 



— — , in ISermuda, 8. 

 grasshoppers, poi.soned bait for, 202. 

 liardbacks, strength of, 218. 



Gua(lelou|ic, aiithra.v in, 76. 

 fiuava jelly. 19li. 

 Ciuaynle rubber in .Mexico, 249. 

 ., — — seeds distribnteil to W<'st 



P)Otanic Stations, 217. 

 Guinea corn as a forage crop, 396. 

 — — , experimental cultivation for 



fodder imrpo.ses at Dominica. 366. 

 Guinea, \ew importation of animals 



forbidden, 92. 



Impirial Dcpaitnient nf .\j;i irulturc- and Hemiptera, or true bugs, 138. 



H. 



Hand cultivators, satisfactory residts from 



use i>f, at St. ^■incent, 329. 

 Hardback.s, strength of, 218. 

 Mart, .1. H., retirement from Trinidad, 



236. 

 Hawaiian Islands, pine apple canning m, 



228. 



Lancashire <'otton conference, 294. 

 Imphee, experimental cultivation for fod- 

 n<lianl der ]>urposes at Dominica, 366. 



lm|ilenients, labour-saving, at indusliial 



.school. I'.arbados, 301 

 Imported seed and jilants, danger from, 



1 53. 

 India, .\gricultural Department of, 375. 



iniligo i)roduction in, 137. 

 — , oil .seeds in, 370. 



, plant acclimatization work in, 7.3. 



, prospective .shipment of bananas to 



England, 132. 

 — , successful irrigation methods in, 71. 

 — , sugar-cane area and crop return of, 



220. 

 — , .sugar imports frtnn .lava, 140. 

 — , — — into, 264. 



— , sugar production in, 332. 

 Indian IJunner ducks, 187. 



insurance of cultivations, 185. 



house fly, the, 26. 



in Hawaii, 186. 



insect pest, and its parasite, 26. 



Jumping seeds, 282. 



larger moth borer on sugar-cane, de.s- 



truition of at Trinidad, 409. 

 leaf-liop[>er of tlie sugar-cane and its 

 parasite, 186. 



Lepidoptera, characteristics of, and 

 chief pe.sts belonging to, 234. 



lice and mites on poultry, 362. 



locusts, destruction in Trinidad, 24. 



Maui blight, 186. 



mole cricket in I'orto llico, 179. 



mosipiito destruction in Cul)a, 348. 



mostiuitos, 314. 



— and malarial fever, 13. 



orange snow scale on lime trees at St. 

 Lucia, 388. 



