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INDEX. 



JfOTE. — References to pests and diseases are classified under Insect Notes, Plavt Diseases and 

 Fungus Notes, Insect Parasites and Predators, respectively. 



Abelmoschua esculentus (okra), 191. 



Aberia Cafl'ra (Kei apple), 111. 



Acacia arabica, 60. 



. farnesiana (sweet briar, stinking 



cossie. etc.), 223. 



. — moUissima, 46. 



— , Senegal, 60. 



. — tortuosa, 46. 



Acetate of lime manufactured from mo- 

 lasses, 284. 



Acetic acid, the sugar factory as a source 

 of supply of, 116. 



Achras Sapota (chicle gum), 235, 249. 



Acid phosphate ivrsits raw rock phos- 

 phate, 293. 



Adansonia digitata, 37. 



Aeschrion (Picrasma) excelsa (Jamaica 

 quassia). 74. 



__ quassLoides, 74. 



Africa, cotton in, 264. 



African rubber \Fiintnmia elastiai) in 

 Trinidad, 22, 23. 



Agave Deweyana (Znpupe fibre plant), 8. 



. — fouicroydes, 153. 



.^ Karatto. 153. 



. rigida, var. elongata (hetfequen), 204. 



„ sisalana (Sisal hemp), 8, 153, 204. 



Agouti {Dasyprocta agouti ), 68. ^ 



Agricultural and industrial exhibition, 

 Barbados, 408. 



____—, Trinidad, 15.3. 



__ development, basic slag as affecting, 



89- . .,.- 



, developments in Jamaica, 3yD. 



. examinations. 45, 61. 



_ experiment station, Porto Hico, 269. 



__ industries of the Bermuda Islands, 



364. 



instruction in Canada, 142. 



^^ resources of Jamaica, 142. 



__ returns of England and Wales, 329. 



__ tractors in Trinidad, 377. 



Agriculture, application of science to. 9. 



__ as a busines.s proposition, 3 1 3. 



__ at Oxford, 265. 



^^ feriilizers and chemicals employed 



In the world's production of, 214. 



. in Antigua, 329. 



«_ — Barbados, 7, 36, 53, 71, 119, 



157, 165, 180, 223, 229. 251, 262. 



294, 311, 331. 351, 359, 372. 389, 



413, 



Agriculture in Grenada, 175, 351. 



— — Jamaica, 36. 



— — Santo Domingo, 73, 



— , practical, courses of reading and 



examinations in, 199. 

 — , scientific research in, 303. 

 Ailanthus excelsa, 74. 

 Ajowan(Ca^«niro//;Vu/«), 117, 285, 411. 

 Akee I^Blighia sapida), 139. 

 Akuyuro palm (Aslrocaryum tiia/ma), 



263. 

 Albizzia Lebbek, 79. 

 Alcohol Fuel Committee, 383. 

 — , industrial, manufacture of in Natal, 



268. 

 — , power, 259, 351. 



— production, 3S2. 



— — from wood waste, 313 

 Aleurites cordata, 27, 137. 



— Fordii, 27, 137. 



— moluccana, 137. 



— montana, 137. 



— triloba (Candle nut or Indian wal- 

 nut), 27, 137. 



— trisperma. 27, 137. 

 Althea rosea (hollyhock), 393. 

 Ameiva exul (siguana), 107. 

 America, cocoa in, 395. 



American .\gricultural Committee, 360. 



— Bureau of standards and sugar, 264, 



— Zoologists' visit to the West Indies, 

 200. 



Amyris balsamifera 79. 



Andropogon rauricatus, 186. 



Annatto seed on the London market, 



127, 159, 239, 255. 

 Anona cherimolia (cherimoya), 139. 



— palustris (swamp or monkey apple), 

 207. 



Anopheles and non marshy districts, 233. 

 Anthocyanin pigmentation in castor bean 



crosses, 403. 

 Antigua, agriculture in, 329. 



— central sugar factory, 151. 

 — , cooperation in, 67. 



— corn granary 57. 



— Cotton Growers' Association, 390. 



— Government Granary, 85, 393. 



— ileus of local interest, 20, 52, 84 

 119, 157, 180, 228, 262, 311, 350, 

 372, 406. 



— , si.sal cultivation in, 153. 

 Apis mellifera (honey-bee), 230. 

 Applied science and research work, 72. 



Areiiga Saccharifera, 1.33. 



Arrow weed {Phuhea sericca), 330. 



Arrowroot on the London market, 31, 



9.5, 127, 1.59, 19], 287, .383. 

 Arsenic, stimulating influence of upon 



nitrogen-fixing organLsms of the soiL 



24. 

 Arsenical spray.s, use of prickly pear 



.sap in, 195. 

 Artocarpiis incisa (breadfruit tree) 89 



207. 

 Asparagus and tomatoes, cultivation in 



Guadeloupe, 41. 

 Astragalus boeticus (Spanish astragalus^ 



191. '» 



Astrocaryum t-acuma (Akuyuro palm) 



— tucumoides (Aw.arra pjilm), 263. 

 Attalea Cohvn'^ (Cohane palm), 234 302 

 Australia, farming in, for discharged 



soldiers, 147. 

 — , proposals for the prodnction of 



pov\;^r-a;.'ohol in, 203. 

 Averrhoa Bilimbi, 76. 



— Carambola, 76. 

 Avocado p<?nr in California, 15. 



— pe.ars as food f<rid sonrcs of oil 

 102. ^ 



Awana palm (^Astrocaryum tucitn!oides\ 

 263. * 



B. 



Bachnris sp., 230. 

 Bacillus influenzae, .'?6I. 

 Bacterium 8ol inaccarura, 4 5. 

 Bahamo.=, m-iriae products iu, 19. 

 Balata. Vene^-nel.-in, nroduetion .-.f 223. 

 Ballou, H. A., 101. "181, 211, 243. 

 Banana bread in .Jamaica, 171. 



— me?], how to proi)are, 73. 

 Barbados as-ncnltnraland industrial exhi- 

 bition, 408. 



— , asUviultiire in, 7, 36, 53, 71, 119. 

 157, 165, 180, 223, 229, 251, 262! 

 291, 311, 331, 351, 359. 372, 389! 

 413 * 



— , srea under Sea Island cotton culti* 

 vaiimi i.i, 39. 



— biaikoird, or ' Bequia sweet ' ((7«ct*- 

 calus fortirostris), 2kjo. 



— , cotton cultivation in, 183. 



— , food control committee 'n, 24. 



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