426 



Lime oil, trade of I)oniiiik-.i in, 14. 



— seeds, supply wanted at St. Lucia, 

 156. 



— trees, .spineless, at Dominica Botanic 

 Station, crop of fruit obtained, 3-18 



laimes and lime products, exports from 



Dominica, 71, 396. 

 — , area under cultivation in Dominica, 



110. 

 — ^ best method of packing, 40. 



— from Dominica, 232. 



— — — , advertisement of, in 

 England, 300. 



— , green, trade of Dominica in, 14. 



— in Mexico, 101. 



— , pickled, trade of Dominica, 14. 



— , spineless and ordinary in Dominica, 



229. 

 — , — , in Dominica, 84. 



— , yield of, 14. 

 Live stock shipments from St. Vincent, 



395. 

 Irtck, 1!. H., appointed Assistant Direc 



tor of Koyal Botanic Gardens, Cev 



Ion, 172. 

 Logwood exports from Yucatan, 236. 

 liouisiaiia, Demerara sugar-cane seedlings 



in, 211. 

 — , .seedling canes D. 74 and 1). 9-5 in 



275. 

 — , sugar-cane seedlings in, 150. 

 Love vine, 350. 



M. 



Mace on the j^ondon market, .'il, 03, 95. 



159, 191, 239, 255, 303, 335, 307, 399. 

 Machines for cotton planting, 278. 

 Madagascar, experiments in cocoa-nut 



planting, 300. 

 Madeira, sugar cro|( of 1907, 300. 

 Madras, dryland cultivation in, 231. 



— province, losses of cattle in, 92. 

 Mahogany, African, 382. 



— ■ and its substitutes, 382. 



— exports from liritisli Honduras, 73. 

 - — in liritisli Honduras, 382. 



- — •, Indian .substitutes for, 382. 



Maize as food for hogs, 270. 



- — • breeding in the United States, 394. 



- — crop of Barbados, 284. 



_ _. _ United States, 89, 335. 



■ — . niiuhine for shelling, 313. 



— plantiiiL; cxijcrimerits in Illinois, 390. 

 Malaria at ^Mauritius, .345. 



— , (juinine as preventive against, 328. 

 Malay States, cocoa-nut imlu-itry in, 52. 



— — , plantation rubber export? 

 from, 188. 



Manchester, c<ittoii conferonce at, 310. 

 Mangabrira rublicr, c\pni-ts frnin I'.ra/.il 



70. 

 !Mango crop, large, in British Ciuiana, 108 

 . — cultivation in I'orto Bico, 180. 



— exports from Dominica, 396. 



— crowini' in Cuba, 292. 



Mango plants, grafted, on sale at St. Lucia 



Botanic Station, 364. 

 — , promising new variety of (The San- 



der.sha), 340. 

 — , the Alfoos, 233. 

 Mangos at St. Lucia Botanic Station, 



388. 

 — , export in cold storage from Hawaii, 



372. 

 — , extensive cultivation of East Indian 



varieties, 236. 

 — , keeping i)Owers of when ripe, 300. 

 Mangosteen cultivation in Canal Zone, 



124. 

 — • plants in Dominica, 92, 148. 

 Mangrove bark from British Guiana, ana- 

 lysis of, 153. 

 Manihot rubber, new species for the West 



Indies, 415. 

 Manila hemp, experimental production 



at Trinidad, 233. 

 Manures, imi)orts into Martinique, 377. 

 Manurial operations, value of keeping re 



cords of, 3(;>6. 

 Market reports, 16,32, 48, 64,80,96, 112, 



128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, 240, 



256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 336, 352, 368 



384, 400, 416. 

 Martinicpie, cacao and sugar exports from, 



377. 



central factory, prices paid for sugar- 

 canes, 140. 

 — , imports of artificial manures, 377. 



, increase of duty on tobacco leaves, 



156. 



, report on central sugar factory at, 



1900-7, 208. 



, U.sine St. Marie, sugar cri'p handled 



in 1906-7, 220. 

 Mauritius hemp in Queensland, 92. 



, malaria at, 345. 



, sugar-cane seedlings I). 130 and B. 



306 in, 322. 



-, use of molasses as a fertilizer on 



sugar-cane lands, 227. 

 Mechanical tillage : use of horse cultivator 



in cotton growing, 320. 

 Megas.s, paper manufacture from, 152. 

 Mexican pojipv, use of oil from seeds of, 



188. 

 Mexico, banana growing in, 249. 

 — , conditions and cost of sugar produc-[ — , — 



tionin, 211. [ Indies, 310 



— , Eastern, orange and banana cultiva 



tion in, 308. 



, edil>le varieties of prickly pearin,172.l 

 -, guayulc rubber in, 249. 

 — , limes in, 101. 

 — , new rubber tree in, 396. 

 — , proposed establishment of Agricul 



tural Department, 380. 

 — , ]ir(ispccls of coffee i)lanting in, 172 



- -, pulque maguey of, 287. 



— .sugarcane crop, 1907-8, 108. 

 — , sugar industry of, 99. 

 — , • — • jiroduction in, 339. 

 — , zapupe fibre plant in, 125. 



Mezcal, preparation in Mexico, 287. 

 Milk adulteration in British Guiana, 295. 

 condensed, analysis of, 27. 



— from newly calved cows, composition, 

 of, 124. 



— • of goats, (juantity and cpialityof, 199. 

 , preservation by charging with carbon, 

 dioxide, 76. 



— ■ sup|>ly in Dominica, insanitary con- 

 ditions of, 28. 



Milking, rules for, 171. 



Millions in Antigua, 63. 



— , introduction into Uganda from Bar- 

 bados, 412. 



Mimosa, suggested cultivation in cacao 



and rubber plantations, 407. 

 Molascuit exports from British Guiana, 



184. 



— — — St. Lucia, 412. 

 Molasses as a fertilizer for sugar-cane- 

 lands, 227. 



— — — food for poultry and 

 , ducks, 12. 



— — — stock food, 168, 200. 

 — , Barbados, causes of souring, 67. 

 — , experiments in feeding to stock, 



408. 



— exnorts from Barbado.s, 156, 188^ 

 220, 284. 



— — — St. Kitt's-Xevi.s, 92. 

 Montserrat, cotton exiiorts from, 44. 

 — , cotton industry in, 71, 102. 

 — , cultivation of PJnglish potatos at 



307. 

 — , cyclone damage to cotton and other 

 crops at, 342. 



— Experiment Station, sale of honey 

 at, 124. 



— , manurial exi)eriments with cotton at, 



246. 

 — , new cotton factory at, 140. 

 — , onion growing in, 122. 



— j)reserving industry, diploma of 

 merit awarded to, 52. 



— , production of KiiLflisIi vegetables, 



353. 

 — , rainfall at, 124, 310. 

 — , specimens of I'ilocarpus nicemosus- 



sent to Kew, 316. 

 Morris, Sir Daniel, address at conference 



if cotton growers, Barbados, 166, 183. 

 , cotton growing in AVe.st 



, — ■ ~, elected a Life Fellow of 



Royal Horticultural Society, 405. 



; — — , — Viee ('resident of 

 West India Club. 4(i.">. 



— , — — , eviilence on .laniaiLarum, 



261. 



— , — — , presidential address at 



Agricultural Conference, 1908, 17. 



— , . proceeds to United King- 



dom I in duty leave, 173. 



— , — — , resolution of Doniinica. 

 Aiiricultural Society, >•« retirement of 

 405. 



— , — — , retirement of, 349. 



