4 CO 



:u'>. 



•- — , var. jiiaritimus (liorrauda grass), 



340. 

 Cypre (Cordia gnascanthtis), 351, 372 

 Cypin*. forestry in. 2C5. 

 Cytisiis |iallidus (Gacia blanca), 217, 

 — prdliferus (Ta^asasle), 217. 

 »— sleuopetalus (Uasia), 217. 



dactylon (devil's grtii»^,—*30&,4-J-)onHiHic«,--ooco-u«t butter in, 104. 



I — — , prices in, 104. 

 — , food situation in, 21. 

 — , iteius of local interest, 20, 52, 101, 

 119, 157, 205, 22S, 262, 311, 350, 

 .372, 407. 

 — , lime industry in. situation of, 200. 

 — , onions in, 1G9, 344. 

 — , rainfall in 1917, 72. 

 ■ — , uBusual weathpr in, 232. 

 Drainage, efficient, 184. 

 Dried blood and offal manure, use of, 

 j 94. 

 Dairy cattle, prominent breeds of, 164. Drying vegetables on a large scale, 15. 

 Dasheen sboots, forcing and blanching Duck, Muscovy, 299. 



Qf 121 I Dnrian (/>?/?7>' ///'(Y///.'///,'.), 221. 



Dasyprocta agouti (agouti), 68. I Dye stuff industry of the United States, , 



Date palm ( Plia>ii.\ sy/7'fs/ns), 1 33. | 60. 



— sugar in Ik-ngal, estimated out I Dye-woods, West Indian, 264. 

 put in 1917 lf<, 220. i 



Datura Metcl, 119. I 



Denmnd for .Jamaica honey, 236. 



Demeram. sugar cane manurial experi- 

 ments in 1917, 406. 

 Department News, 61, 67, 101, 134, 

 149. 181, 196, 211. 2.3.5. 24.3, 275, 

 307, 331,346,3.59, 373, 403. 

 l)epartinental Reports : — 



Antigua : llc-port on the Agriciltural 



Department, 1917, 74. 

 Barbados : Kcport on the Department 



of Agriculture, 1916-17, 37. 

 Grenada : Pieport on the Agricultural 



Department, 1917-18, 40-k 

 Jamaica : Report oi the Department 



of Agriculture, 1917-1918, 404. • 

 Montserrat : Eenort on the Atfricul- 



tnral Department, 1916-17, 29. 

 Kicotia : Jleport on the Agricultural 

 Department, NorihLrn Provinces, 93. 

 St Lucia : Keport on the Agricultural 



bepaitrocnt, 1917 18, 2^.0. 

 geychelks : Annual Report on Agri- 

 cuhnreand Crown Lands, 1916, 55. j 

 Tortola : Reports on the Agricultural j 

 Department, 1915-16 and 1916-17, | 

 189. j 



Dtvclopmcnt of British Honduras, 11. 



the Southern Philippines, 127.1 



Devii a grass ( Cynodon ouc.yion), 205, i 



245. 

 Diadelphys gp. (manicou), 08. 

 Diatra.^a saccharalis (moth borer of sugar- 



CHoe), 132. 

 Dichiof ta'-hys mutans (marabu), 175. 

 Dioscorta batatas (yam), 69, 346. 

 Diospyros kaki (persimmon), i:!9. 

 Dipteryx odorala (Kumata or Tonka bean 



tree), 347. 

 Dolichos giganteuB, 85. 

 -- Hosei (Sarawak bean), aa a cover 



rroT>. 120, 285. 

 .. iiyhrids in Bt. Vincent, 85. 



l^blab (bonuvistb:;an), 85, 254. 



__, var. BJttcrocarpa, 85. , 



E. 



Earthquake in Porto llico, 393. 

 East Africa, sisal cultivation in, 238. 

 Echinus esculentus, 34 1 . 

 Economy in food consumption, 47. 

 — — — , false and true, 185.* 

 Editorials : — 



A preventable loss of man power, 353. 



A tropical university in being, 65. 



Botanic gardens, 81. 



Commercial Museum at Ottawa, 273. 



Compulsory education, .'521 . 



Cotton deteriojation, 369. 



Efiiciency in production, 385, 401. 



Epidemics of plant pests and diseases : 

 pMt and present, 1 1 3. 



Experiment stations, 97. 



Farmyard and other manures, 33. 



Forestry in the West Indie?, 209. 



Influence of reoords on development, 

 305. 



Need for research in tropical agricul- 

 ture, 241. 



Organization of West Indian Agricul- 

 ture, 161. 



Outlook for the sugar industry in the 

 smaller West Indian colonies, 1. 



Peace and food scarcity, 17, 



Plant physiology and agricult\ire, 220. 



Progress in plant breeding, 193. 



Qualities in cacao desired by manufac- 

 turers, 129. 



Rat.'^ and mongoose in' the West Indies. 

 337. 



Seedling sugar-canes, 289, 



Some applications of research to the 

 ciitton industry, 177. 



The American way, 49! ' 



The hiirvcfith of the sea, 257. 



Uniformity in the production ot cacAO, 

 145. :•'■ 



Education, place of geography in, 275, 

 — , primary, in British Guiana, 219. 

 — . university and higher technical, 



position of, 345. 

 Educational courses in Botanic Gardens 



143. 

 Egg-plant or melongene, (So/anum mdon- 



gena), 187, •J67, 314. 

 Egypt, pure strains of cotton in, ^70. 

 Egyptian cottons, 60. 



— cotton, varieties produced by muta- 

 tion, 295. 



Eichornia crassipes, 141. 



Elaeis guineensis (oil palm), 55, 123. 



— - , var. microsperma, 316. 

 Electrical stimulation of crops, 57. 

 Electric power supply, 255. 

 Eleusine corocana (ragi), 397. 



— indica, 106. 



Embargo on importation of green limes 



into the United States, 153. 

 Empire resources. Imperial Institute's 



investigations into, 335. 

 England and Wales, agricultural returns 



of, 329. 

 — , demand for onions in, 172. 

 — , food production campaign in, results 



of, 199. 

 Enzymes of some tropical plants, 187. 

 Eperua falcata (wallaba), 347. 



— .Tenmani (Ituri wallaba), 347. 

 Epidemic of Spanish influenza, 361. 

 Equatorial experiment stations, 399. 

 l-'riodendron anfractuosum (silk-cotton) 



207, .■i83. 

 Eugenia campestris, 135. 



— Dombeyi (' Grumichama '), 135. 



— floribuiida (guava berry), 135. 



— Jambcis (pomnie de rose, or rose 

 apple), 135. 



— javanensis f.Tava plum), 135. 

 klotzschiana ('Perado campo), 135/ 



— luschnathiana (' Pitomba '), 135. 



— nialaccensis (Malacca apple), 135. 

 myrcianthes, 135. 



— procera (black cherry), 13.'">. 



— speciosa, 135. 



— uniflora (Surinam cherry). 135, 

 Examinations, agricultural, 61. 

 Exchange of useful phints, 139. 

 Exotics, influence of on native flora, .'i77 

 Experiment stations, equatorial, 399. 

 Exl^rision of lime cultivation, 13. 



Factory, vegetable products, in Britiwli 



Guiana, 167. 

 Falco spnrverius loqiuicula (sparrow 



hawk), 107, 

 Fan or toddy • palm {Bprdssr/s ^ahclli- 



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