425 



Manatee {Trickechus imingiih), 115. 



— ( — la/irosfris), 115. 



— ( — se?iegaknsis), 115. 



— grass (Cymoifocea ma/taforuri),\\o 

 Mango, cross-pollination of, 9. 

 ilanicou {/^iacit h/ns sp.), 6s. 

 Manure, comparative value of sea-weed 



as, 110. 

 Manures, mixing and preservation :>£, 



249. 

 Maple sugar production in Canada, 



172. 

 Marabu (Dichros/achys nit/ivis), 175. 

 Margarine industry in United Kingdom, 



expansion of, 296. 

 Marine biology of the West Indies, 156. 



— fibre, 252. 



— pro<lucts in the Bahamas, 19. • 

 Market Reports, 16, 32, 48, (54, 80, 96, 



112, 128, 144. 160, 176, 192, 208, 



224, 240, 256, 272, 2s8, 320, .336, 



352, 368. 384, 400, 416 

 Mat industry in Trinidad, 60. 

 Mauritius, co-operative credit societies 



in, 243. 

 Maximiliana regia (Kokerit palm), 2G3. 

 Meal, banana, how to prepare, 73. 

 - — , shortage of, 15. 

 Meat, curing, in hot weather, 307. 

 — , sugar as a preservative for, 201. 

 Megass, manufacture of paper from, 



159. 

 Melicocca bijuga (genip), 139. 

 Mendelian terms, explanation of some, 



189. 

 Mesquite (Prosopis jtiliflord), 330- 

 * Miaray ' {Citrus miaray), 361. 

 Milk, goats, advantage of using, 188. 

 — , sanitary production of, .293. 

 Millions' (Girardinits poeaMiits), 230, 



355. 

 Mills, small sugar-cane, 227. 

 Mimosa pudica, 121. 

 Mimusops globosa (bullet tree), 323, 



347. 

 Mineral oil resource.s in the British 



Empire, 103. 

 Ministry of munitions and agricultural 



machinery, 8. 

 Minor crops on coco-nut plantations, 



349. 

 Mirabilis Jalapa, (four oclock), 363. 

 Mola.sses, acetate of lime manufactured 



from, 284. 

 — , solidified, 92. 

 Molybdenum, new deposit discovered at 



Lier, Xorway, 284. 

 Monarda punctata (horse mint), 332. 

 Jlongoose not in Tobago : a correction, 



392. 

 Montreal Commercial and Industrial 



Museum, 392. 

 Montserrat, experiments with Bengal 



bean.s in, 35. '• 



Montserrat, items of local interest, 20, 52, 

 101, 119, 1.57, 205, 228. 262, .331, 

 3.50,, .372, 407. 



Morning glory {Jj^ionwa sp.),*42, 172. 



Mosquito control, 374. 



Mosqditoes and malaria, 43. 



Motor car propelled by hydrogen, 172. 



' Mountain John Bull ' or ' Mahoe Co- 

 chon' (Stcrcii/ia caribaed), 266. 



Mucuna aterrima, 35- ' 



— Lyoni, 35. 



— nivea, 35. 

 Mud-binding grass, 41. 

 Mules, 91. 

 Muscovj- duck, 299. 



Museum, Montreal Commercial and In- 

 dustrial, 392. 

 Mutation in gossypium, 148. 

 Myrciaria cauliflora (.Jaboticaba), 13-5. 

 Myrtus citrifolia (Bay tree), 235. 



N. 



Narrow-leaved lupine (Luptnus angitsti- 



foHus), 191. 

 Nasturtiums ( Tropaeolum ma/us)\ 



— ( — minus) }-lll. 



— ( — tuberosum) | 

 Natal, manufacture of industrial alcohol 



in. 268. 

 National Physical Laboratory, 169. 

 Native flora, influence of exotics on, 377. 

 Nectrandra Rodioei (greenheart), 347. 

 Nevis, items of local interest, 6, 21, 52, 



101, 134, Kw, 20-5,251, 262, 311, 



351, 372, 407. 

 New Zealand hemp (Phormiuin tenax), 



367. 

 Nipa fruticans (Nipa palm), 133. 

 Nitrate of soda, the world's Jproduction 



of, 214. 

 Nitrogen-fixing organisms of the soil, 



stimulating influence of arsenic upon, 



24. 

 North Borneo, rubber in, 295. 

 North India, testing new cane seedlings 



in, 201. 

 Numida meleagris (Guinea fowl), 109. 

 Nutmegs on the London market, 95, 



1.59, 287. 

 Nuts, palm, device to crack, 137. 

 Nutshell.* and fruit stones, use of in war, 



329. 

 Nyasa'and, tea industry in, 140. 

 Nymphaea ampla (water-lily), 230. 



— hybrida (water-lily), 231. 



— Lotus (water-lily), 230. 



— — , var. dentata (water-lUy). 231. 



— tuberosa (water-lily), 230. 



— zanzibarensis, var. rosea (water-lily), 

 230, 231. 



r)chroma lagopus fbois flot or cork wood), 



205, 206, 257, 266. 

 Ocimum basilicum (pot basil), 117. 



— viride, 117. 



Oenocarpas bacaba (Turu palm), 263. 



Oenothera Lamarckiana, 149. 



Offal manure and dried blood, use of , 94. 



Oil, avocado pears as source of, l02. 



— , castor, demand for, 155. 



— , cohune nut, 276. 



— industry of Trinidad, 56, 191. 



— of orange, Jamaica, 141. 



— • palm (Elaeis guineensis), 55, 123, 

 316. 



— palms, native, of British Guiana,. 

 263. 



— resources, m'.neral. in the British 

 Empire, 103. 



—, vegetable, 123. 

 — , — , a new source of, 302. 

 — , wood or candle nut, 137. 

 Okra (Abehiwschus escukntus), 191. J 



— {Hibiscus esculeiitus), 393. 

 Okras, preserving by drying, 278. 

 Olona (Tuuchardia lalifolia), 340. 

 Onions, demand for, in England, 172- 



— in Dominica, 169, 344. 

 Orange {Citrus Airrintium^, 313. 



— wine, 358. 



— — , manufacture of in the West 

 Indies, 328. t 3 



Ordinances relating to cotton, 391. 

 Ore, radio-active, influence on plants, 



105. 

 Oreodoxa charibaoa, 237. 



— oleracea (cabbage palm), 172; 237. 



— regia (cabbage palm), 120, 237. 

 Organization of plant sanitation in Cub», 



174. 

 Oxford, agriculture at, 265. 



Pacaya or salad palm, 120. 



Pachira aquatica (Tobago bread-nut tree), 



205, 228. 

 Palm fibre, 300. 



— nuts, device to crack, 137. 



— wax, a new, from Colombia, 63. 

 Palms as a commercial source of sooar, 



133. 

 Panama or Parana ^rass {Panicun 



numidiauiim), 186. 

 Panicum divaricatissimum, 37. 

 - maximum (Guinea gcass), 186. 



— numidianum ( Parana or Panama 

 grass), 186. 



Papain as a coagulant for. llevea rubber, 



108. 

 Papaver ihoeas (poppy), 301. 

 Paper, making, from sawdust, 332. 



