418 



Barbados, hog cholera in, 47 

 -, Johnson and Sudan grasses in, 168. 

 Barbados- Antigua expedition from the 



Stale I'niversity of Iowa, 327. 

 Barbuda, items of local interest, 6^ 21, 

 , 205. 



^Barber, l>r. C. A , 243. 

 Barosnia betulina (buchu), 313. 



— crenulata, 313. 



— serraiifolia, 313. 



Basic slag as affecting agricultural deselT 



opment, 89. 

 Bat guano as a^ substitute for phosphate, 



101. 



— ^anos- of Porta Rico and their 

 fertilixing v^ue; 333. 



Btauaite- in- British Guiana, 175. 

 Btoj tree (Myr/ii.< citrifoiia), 235. 



— — ( Pimeii/a acHs), 235. 



— — {Fimerittvacris, vac; dirifolia)) 



235. 

 _ _ {Pimenta citrifolia), 235. 

 Bean, Go ta-ni. 342. 

 Bfeans- Mi(P peaa, preserving, by drying; 



278, 279. 

 — , Lamm 21-5 



Bee.-, influence on fruit crops, 268. 

 Beeswax in British East Africa; pxo- 



dnction ot, 91. 

 Bella^ere bataidfe {Solamim torviim), 



beans-, experiments in Montserrat; 



^. 



35. 



.:_ — (Sti%olo'<ium uhfrimitm), 406: 

 Bengal, estimated oucpuC of- date sugar 



in, 220. 

 Benincasa cerifera (wax gourd), 10.^. 

 Bermuda, food situaHion in, 158 



— ^«»« {Cytioiion dtictylun, var. mari- 

 fimus), 345. 



— Di^aadbi drief agrictritural indiistrieff 

 of, 364. 



Berries, old and new, 135, 



Berry poisonous to lV»wls, 1^7 



Bertiolletia excelsa (Brazil nut), 11. 



'Biologia Cenlrali-Amernana;', 409. 



Birds, insect eating, pn<t«cinon and pre^ 

 servation of, fSS 



Black bent (A'^bpeiiirus agres/h), 2iQ% 



chwry/ (Brifpcma prorerfi,), 135. 



pepper, prrtdtaction of, 159. 



Black eye pea ( Vii:nu- C(Ujan};), 1'85. 



Blackbird ( (y«/Jf«i'".v sp^), 2B3. 



Waiekip.-* ' Senior'TWipicBr KiendleT', 169: 



Bljghia sapida (akee), 139^ 



' BoisfffBt or cork- wood' (Ochroma Ioko- 

 fwi), 30r>, 20(5, 2(i6. 



•:: tan' (flyrs<>nimu spimia)^ 31'. 



Bombax malabaricum, 236. 



Sfcwaviftrbeain (DoHdws P.alifah), ^5, 254. 



Books reviewed : — 



» Bk. MwBoal' of dfcngerou.-^ iiBBects likely 

 to be intTOdneei ini" thu Firited 

 State» tbrtiugll' importation)-, W. D: 

 Pierne, 391. 



Books Be viewed {Confifiiied) : — 



Imperial Institute Handbooks : Cotton 

 and other Vegetable Fibres : their 

 Production and I'tilization, Gould- 

 ing, 131. 

 Medicinal Herbs and Poisonous- Plants, 

 Dr. David Ellis. 291. I 



The Staple Trades of the Empire, ' 



Arthur Percival Newton. 283. 

 The Sugars and their Simple Deriva- 

 tiv.es^ Mackenzie, 315. 

 Borassus flabelliformis (fan or toddy 



palm), 133. 

 Botanic Gardens, educational courses in, 



143. 

 'Bbtairicar Journal', temporary suspen- 

 sion of, 140. 

 Botany and the living plant, 9. 

 Bougainvillaea glabrii, 9, 4i'. 



— lkt«rita, 9-, 4;4t 



— .seedlings. 9) 44. 



Brazil nut {Bcrtholl'>'Aii excelsa), 11. 

 Brazilian sugar industry, 259. 

 Bread-and-Cheese (Piihe<olob'ium Unguisi- 



cati), 29. 46. 

 Bread; banana, in Jamaica, 171. 

 — , corn, raised with baking powder, 



19. 

 — , — , — — yeast, r9. 

 Breadfruit tree (Ariocarpjts iiicisa), 207. 



— wiih developed seed; 89: 

 Bread-nut tree {Pachira at/itaiiea), 205. 

 Bread, war, 18. 



Breeding new seeds, 335. 



— purebred stock, 251 

 Breeds of dairy cattle, 164. 



British Cotton Growing Association, 6, 

 54. 86, 118, 151, 182, 277, 310. 



British East Africa, beeswax production 

 in, 91. 



Briti.-h- Ehnpire, cotton-growdng resources 



of, rr». 



— — , minieral' oil resources in 

 103. 



British Guiana, bauxite in, 175. 



— — , coBO-niit cultivation in, 



— — , coilfee cultivation in,, 316, 34'3. 



— — Government Cime Fictory, 



245. 



— — , native oil palms of, 263i 

 primary education in,, 23'9. 

 rice cultivation in, 308. 



— — , — iiodnsny in, 1917, I'Ce. 



— —,-- — of. (iO: 



British Guiana Itojal yVgrimiltnral' and 

 Connnirciai Society. 292; 



— — sugar crop, 191718, 409. 



— — , timber industry of; 34T. 



— — , vegetable prndhcts factory in, 



167. 

 Buitish Honduras, Cohune nut industry 

 in, 213. 



— — , development ot, 11. 



British Sug^r ^facb^nery M^cufarturers' 

 AsBocifttibn, ST)*;. 



the. 



326. 



I — 



Broussonettia papyrifera (paper mul- 

 berry), 340. 

 Buchu (Barosma l>etulina\ 313. 

 ( — cremilata), 313. 



— ( — serradjolia), 313. 



— cultivation in South Africa, 312. 

 Bullet tree (Mimiisops glohisa), 347. 

 Bulwish millet {Feiitiisetm/i txplioideum\ 



397. 

 Bureau of standards and sugar American 



264. 

 ' Burn mouth ' or ' Wis' ( Tettanums 



Mici/iafiis), 411. 

 Bursera gummifera (turpentine tree, or 



gommier rouge), 207. 

 Buteo antillarum (gree-gree or chicken 



hawk), 107 

 Butorides virescens (Cuban green herons 



107. '' 



Butter, potato, 137. 

 ^ substitutes in Trinidad, 185 



— — , nutritive value of. 185. 



By products of the sugar-cane iodustry, 8e. 

 Byrsonima spicata ('P.ois tan ;, 31. ' 



a 



Cabbage palm fruit as food for, hogs, 171. 



— — (Oreodoxa okracea), 171,237. 



— — ( — regia), 120. 



— — , two .species of, 237. 



Cacao trees, spraying^ experiment on, 4. 

 Caesalpinia coriaria, 46. 



Cajanus indicus (pigeon, pea), 173, 181 



238: 

 Calathea Allouya, 6s. 

 Califoi-nia, avocado pear in, 15. 

 — , citrus cnndnioMs in, !73. 

 Campaign in Jamaica against hookworm 



a34. ■ 



Camphor (i'iiivamomum Camfi/wra). 76. 



23j)„t05. 

 — , decreasing supply of. 403. 

 Canabia sativa (hemp), 340. 

 Canada^ agricultural instruction in, 142. 

 — , maple sugar production in, 172. 

 — , production of sugar beets in, 220. 

 — , West Indian trade with, openings 



for. 360. 

 Canary pine (Fiims eiDiariensis), 46, 47. 

 (ilanavalia ensiformis, 342. 



— — (sword bean or hor.se beao). as 

 cover crop for rubber cultivation. 23. 



Candle nut or Indian wjilnut (Aleuriies 



triloba), 'IT. 

 Candle-nut oil. 137. 

 Cane K.'irmers, 3!t. 



— tield-, Hawaiian, tractors in, 357." 



— Juices, tiltration of, 324. 



— seedlings, new, testing in Xorth 

 India 201. 



— sugar, increased production of, 412.' 

 Caiiella.alba on. the- London marJ<et. 1.59. 

 Ciuiker berry, {Si>Uwi/w igticiun), 187. 

 Capybara skins, 'market .sought for', 39. 



