425 



Milk, bacteria in, 331. 



— , percentage of fat in, 309. 



— records interpretation of, 219. 



— supplj', pure, problem of, 296. 

 Millions (Girai-dituis poecil/oides), 330. 

 Milne, Professor John, 297. 

 Mistletoe {Loranthus sp.), 189. 

 Molasses, influence on soils, 12. 

 Montserrat, agricultural show at, 85. 

 Morocco, ..gilcalture in, 165. 



^, linseed in, 12. 



Mosquitoes, malaria-carrying, 13. 



Motor plough, a self-contained, 255. 



— ploughing, introduction of into St. 

 Croix, 359. 



Mozambique, wild silk cocoons from, 137. 



Mule, a fertile, 309. 



' Mumps', i-iy. 



Mutation in micro-organisms, 249. 



N. 



Naphthalene in creasote, importance of, 

 9. 



Natal, sugar output in, 12. 



Nevis, cotton-growing in, 6. 



New sources of paper, 30. 



NichoUs, Lucius, 13. 



Nicotiana acuminata, 214. 



Nigeria, dwarf cattle in, 309. 



Nitrification of soil, 358. 



Nitrogen fixing bacteria in leaves, 57. 



Notes on West Indian oils, 217. 



Nutmeg extract, adulteration and mis- 

 branding of, 148. 



Nutmegs on the London market, L5, 47, 

 79, 111, 143, 191, 22.3,2.5.5,287,319, 

 351, 399. 



Nyasaland, cotton in, 310. 



Oil palm (Elaeis (riiinetnsis), 299. 



_ — for the West Indies, 398. 



Oils, vegetable, identification of, 121. 



Oenothera Lamarckiana, 150. 



Onion cultivation, opportunities for, in 

 the Leeward Islands, 367. 



Ophthalmia in animals, 103. 



Orange, the St. Michael's, 132. 



Oranges, exports from Bahamas, 78. 



— , new stock for, 100. 



Orchard-heating oil, a weed extermina- 

 tor, 57. 



Organic soil constituents, 184. 



Osmosis in soils, 120. 



0.strich eggs, testing, 411. 



Ostriches, cruelty to, 411. 



Otto of roses, production of, 153. 



Palmyra palm (Bo7-assus Jlabelliformis), 



243. 

 ' Panama, new disease of horses in, 219. 

 Papaw, medicinal and other properties of, 



173. 



— plant, flowers of, 25. 

 Paper, new sources of, 30. 



Para rubber, preparation of plantation, 

 181. 



— — , varieties of, 303. 



— — tree {ffeveabrasiliensis), 259, 

 270. 



Paranaph, an insecticide for ticks, 5. 

 Paris green, adulteration of, 291. 

 Partial sterilization of soil, effect of, 



207. 

 Pasture competition at Antigua, 99. 

 Pavetta indica, 57. 

 Pelargoniums for ornamental purposes, 



19. 

 Pen manure, maximum profit from, 93. 

 Periodicity of tropical plants, 137. 

 Peripatus in Tobago, 183. 



— (Epiperipatus) Trinidadensis, 183. 

 Peru, exports of, 12. 



— , — — sugar from, 44. 

 — , sugar production in, 35. 

 Phanerogamia, 5. 

 Phaseolus lunatus, 229. 



— mungo (Urd), 217. 



— trinervis, 229. 



— vulgaris, 9. 



— — (French bean), 254. 

 Philippine college of agriculture, 269. 



— fibre industry, 270. 



Philippine Islands, co-operative agricul- 

 tural demonstration in, 307. 



Philippines, agricultural progress in, 21. 



— , citrus fruits in, 164. 



— , coco-nut industry in, 228. 



— , cotton experiments in, 69. 



— , export of kapok from, 21. 



— , — — Manila hemp from, 21. 



— , — — sugar from, 21. 



— , maguey fibre in, 21. 



— , sugar industry in, 21. 



— , tobacco exports from, 21. 



Pig-styes, practical flooring for, 230. 



Pigs, tuberculosis in, 331. 



Pimento on the London market, 1.5, 79, 

 223, 351, 399. 



Pine-apple, interesting facts concerning, 

 20. 



Plant assimilation, different light inten- 

 sities and, 388. 



— breeder, anonaceous possibilities for, 

 324. 



— growth, soil temperature in relation 

 to, 285. 



— respiration, 9. 



Plantation Para rubber, preparation of, 

 174. 



— — — , preparation of : a 

 reply, 235. 



Plantation Para rubber, selling method« 



for, 356, 395. 

 Planters, opportunities for in British 



Honduras, 329. 

 Plants, chlorosis in, 40. 

 — , distribution of temperature in, 153, 

 — , green, formaldehyde in sap of, 152. 

 — , patent implement for singling, 311. 

 — , presence of arsenic in, 233. 

 — , watering of, 280. 

 — , wild. State protection of, 280. 

 Ploughing festival of Siam, 83. 

 Pollination and cross -fertilization of rice, 



301. 

 Poultry, a fungus disease of, 85. 

 Practical Agricultural Chemistry, Auld 



and Edwardes-Ker, 347. 

 Preserving fruits for exhibits, 52. 

 Problems of the Antilles, 49. 

 Produce, tropical, industrial centres and 



supply of, 265. 

 Propagation by cuttings, problems in, 



183, 197. 

 Proteus vulgaris, 24. 

 Publications of the Imperial Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, 216. 

 Pulza oil, 375. 



— — plant {Jatro2)ha Curcas), 375. 

 Pump, new, for estate work, 373. 



Q. 



Queensland, Handbook of, 169. 

 — , West Indian sugar-canes in, 67. 



R. 



llaitieisen system, difficulties of applying 



in England, 413. 

 Rainfall and cotton crop in St. Vincent, 



79. 



— in West Indies, June 1913, 248. 

 Raticide, 44. 



Recent interesting work in vegetable 



physiology, 366. 

 Resin, formation of, 121. 

 Retrospect, a twenty-years', 344. 

 Rhizobia in the soil, 41. 

 Rice, effect of lime magnesia on growth 



of, 351. 

 — , exports from Siam, 44. 



— in India, 3. 



— perennial, 111. 



— , pollination and cross- fertilization of, 

 301. 



— soils, eft'ect of drainage on, 137. 



— , sulphur in relation to manuring of, 

 335. 



