429 



Sweet briar^ ' stinkiDg cossie', etc. 

 {Acacia farnesiana), 232. 



— lime {Trifhasia auranU'ola), 29. 



— pea', or ' sunn bemp' {Crotalaria 

 ;uncea), 255. 



— potato {/poma'a batatas), 42. 



— — quarantine in the United States, 

 39. 



— — starch, 104. 



— potatoes and other vegetables, stor- 

 ing of, 107. 



— — , behaviour of, in the ground, 207. 



— — , pre.serving by drying, 278, 279. 

 Swietenia macrophylla vHondura.s ma- 

 hogany), 283, 285. 



— mahagoni (mabogany), 283. 

 Swine fever or hog cholera in Trinidad, 



156. 



— — , rats as carriers of, 5. 



— production, 380. 



Sword bean or horse bean (Canava/ia 

 eiwformis) as a cover crop in rubber 

 cultivation, 23. 



Syrup, simple and wholesome, 227. 



1 T. 



TagasastB {Cytisvs prolifcrm), 217. 

 Tamarinds on the London market, 21, 



95, 127, 239, 255, 287, 367. 

 Tannias in tha Philippines, experiments 



with, 87. 

 Tonnivig possibilities in the West Indies, 



31. 

 Tapioca s!arcli from Rhodesia, 57. 

 Te.i cultivation in Ceylon, experiment? 



in, 377. 



industry in Nya^aland, 140. 



Tfiik (Twtona grandisi^, 233. , 

 Tetramnus uncinatns ('burn mouth' or 



'wis'), 411. 

 Tbe'ipesia'populnea ('John Bull', 'mahoe', 



or 'gamboge'), 37, 393. 

 Thymol, a possible new source of, 117. 



and ajowan seed, 411. 



_, yie'd of wild thyme, investigation 



of, 154. 

 Tickbird or ani (Crotofhaga aJii), 107. 

 Til (Hi/'iscus cannabinus), 393. 

 Timber industry of British Guiana, 347. 

 Tolago bread-nut tree {Fachira 'aqua- 



cm), 228. . 



mongoose not in : a correction, 392. 



Tomato ar,d asparagus cultivation in 



Guadeloijpe, 41. 



bvee.'ingin St. Vincent, 4. 



w;iste ^eeds and skins, utilization 



of, 280. . „^ 



Tomatoes, best method of growing, 204. 

 _, preserving by drying^ 278, 279. 

 To) tola sponge tishery, 143. 

 Touchardia latifolia (olona), 340. 

 Toxic fub.stanoe in the cotton seed, 54. 

 Tracbylobium verrucosum (gum copal), 



5.5." 



Tractor, farm, post-war, 167. 

 — , Ford, a new, 45. 

 Tractor.s in Hawaiian cane fields, 357. 

 Tr:ide with Canada, West Indian, open- 

 ings for, .'iCO. 

 Tree, a possibly useful, 223. 

 Tree wounds, effect of light in healing, 



105. 

 Trees, grass, economic value of, 179. 

 I Trichechus inunguia (manatee), 115. 

 I — latirostris (manatee), 115. 

 [ — senegalensis (manatee), 115. 

 ' Trinidad, agricultural and industrial 

 exhibition in, 153. 

 , — tractors in, 377. 

 , butter substitutes in, 185. 

 , fish supply of, 60, 

 , forestry in, 233. 

 , fruit cultivation in, 221. 

 , mat industry in, 60. 

 , oil industry in 1916. 56. 

 , — — of, 191. 

 , rubber cultivation in, 22. 

 sugar-cane experiments in 



3. 



fever or hoa 



1915-16^ 

 cholera 



in, 



in. 



29. 



-Nasturtiums, 111. 



-, swme 



156. 

 — , yam and cas.sava cultivation 



197. 

 Trinidad's food supply, 169. 

 Tripbaaia aurantiola (sweet lime), 

 Tropaeolum majus^ 



— minus 



— tuberosum j 

 Tropical soils, 147. 



Tule plant (Scir/>//s laci/stris), 127. 

 Turpentine tree or gommier rouge (Bi/r- 



sera gvmmiftra), 207. 

 Turtle trade of the Cayman Islands, 



300. 

 Tnru palm (Oi'iunarpnf bacaln), 263. 

 Tyiannus ^dominicensis (rain bird or 



pitirre), 107. 



Uren,» tomentosa, 250. 

 Utilization of waste seeds and skins of 

 tomato, 280. 



■Vanilla crop in the French West Indies, 

 185. 



— — of Guadeloupe, 405. 

 Vegetable garden, 222. 



— oil, 123. 



— — , a new source of, 302. 



— products factory in British Guiana, 

 167. 



A^egetables, cheap fertilizer for growing, 



300. 

 — , drying on a large scale, 15. 

 — , preservation of, by fermentation and' 



salting, 125. 

 Velvet beans, feeding to pigs, 325, 

 A'^enezuela, exports of coffee from, 268. 

 Venezuelan production of balata, 323. 

 Victoria regia (water-lily), 230. 

 Vigna Catjang (black-eye pea), 185. 



— unguiculata (cowpea), 185. 

 Virgin Islands, items of local interest^ 



36, 84. 101, 135, 1G5, 180, 251, 277, 

 331, 359, 389. 



plants 



margarine 



u. 



U!>a cane, origin of, 23. 

 Ultra-violet tays, effects of, 



237. 

 Uncaria Gambler, 

 United Kingdom 



expan.sion of, 296. 

 I'nited States, copra 



364. 



— — ., dycstutf industry of, 60. 



— — , embargo on importation 

 green limes into, 153. , 



— — , peanut crop in, 136. 



— , rice production in, 60. 



— — , sugar imports and exports, 

 381. 



— — , .iwret [lOtato and yain quar- 

 antine in, 69. 



— — , use of horse meat in, 140. 

 Univerpily empire study. 303. 



industry, 

 inipoitatii^n into, 



of 



w. 



Walts, food production campaign in,. 



results of, 199. 

 Wallaba {Eptrua falcaia), 347. 

 War bread, 18. 

 Warfare, modern, value of forests in, 



283. 

 Water containing zinc, wholesomeness of, 



248. 

 — hyacinths as a fertilizer, value of,. 



141. 



— in a oow's ration, the role of, 342. 



— lemon, or bell apple (Passiflara 

 laiirifutia), 221. 



Water-lilies in St. Vincent, 2.30. 

 Water-lily, {IS/ymphaea ampla), 230. 



— — , "( — //)'/')v</a), 231. 



— — , ( — Lotus), 230. 



— — , ( — iiibcrosa), 230. 



— — , ( — zaiisif/are/isis), 230, 231. 



— — , ( Victoria regia), 230. 

 Watering of plants, capillary, 121. 

 Watts, .Sir Francis, 101, 134, 149, 181, 



211. 

 Wax gourd (Beniiicasa cerifera), 108. 

 Weatlier, unusunl, in Dominica, 232 

 Weeds in sugar-cane fields, method rrf 



killing, 300. 

 ' West Indian BuMetin,' Vol..\VI., No 4, 



152. 



— — — , Vol. .WII., No. 1. 232. 

 _ _ _., Vol. XVII, No. 2, .376. 



— — dye-woods, 264. 



