418 



— , flowering of, 76. 

 Bambusa arundinacea, 127. 



— [Cephalostachyum] pergHcile, 127. 



— [Melocanna | bambusoides, 127. 



— polymorphs, 7ii. 1 'JT. 



— Tul'.la, 127. 



Banana cultivation in. Ceylon, 84. 

 — , ripening, changes in the, 103. 

 Bananas, experimental drying of, notes 



on, 68. 

 — . manurial experiments within Queens 



land. 237. 

 Barbados agricultural and industrial 



exhibition, ' s . 

 •— blackbird (Quiscalus fortirostrii), 



257. 

 — , cassava experiments in, 263. 

 . — cherry (Malpighia glabra), 83. 

 . — — introduced into 



- ychelles in 191 I, 348. 

 — . cotton experiments in, 263. 

 _. in, 150. 



. — infusorial earth, 383s 

 — , melons, experimental exportation 



from, 263. 

 Barbados Pride' (Caesaipiitia pulcher- 



rima), 165. 

 Barbados -run- grass (Andropogon per- 



tusus), 291. 

 — , sugar-cane experiments in, 27. 

 _, — — 1913-14; 263. 



_ - in India, 89. 



i — . sugar manufacture in, 281. 



il industry, West Indian, 72. 

 _" _, West Indian, 310. 

 Bean, a new, 115. 

 . — industry, efforts to establish in 



St. Lucia, 339. 

 J Jeans, composition of, 105. 

 — , interesting, in America. 158. 

 . — , poisonous, 280. 

 — , value per food unit, 230. 

 Beche-de-nier industry in the Bahamas, 



revival of, 155. 

 Beef kept frozen for eighteen years, 348. 

 Beggar weed (Desmodium sp.), 11. 

 Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut tree), 



277. 

 Bryophyllum calycinum | \\ onder of-the- 



World, or Love bush), 355. 

 Black bligbt and snails, 395. 



witch or tick bird (Crotophaga ani), 



St. Lucia, 348. 



Bl I, • (feci of the tropics on, 56. 



Blue Mountain coffee, 308. 



— serge, restriction in production of, 

 201. 



Blumea balsamifera, 172. 



Bois Bambarra (Diospyros Ebenasta), 317. 



— chandelle (Ih din iia ani/ustifolia), .as 

 supports for vanilla, 34:3. 



— Ravine {Calliandra tergemina), 294. 

 Bonavist bean (Dolichoe lablab), 121. 

 Bone oil dip, 189. 



Bones, growing, influence of food poorin 

 lime on, 13. 



Look- ie\ iewed : — 



Cocoa, van Hall, 21 1. 



Flora of Jamaica, Fawcett and Rendle, 



LIST. 



I Plantes Tropicales Alimentaires 



[ndustrielles de la Famille des 



Legumineuses, de Sornay, I 65. 

 Practical White Sugar Manufacture, 



Prinsen ' leerligs, 226. 

 Proceedings of the Third International 



Congress of Tropical Agriculture. 95. 

 Kubber Machinery, Pearson, 375. 

 The Coco-nut,JCopeland, 5. 

 The Development and Properties of 



Raw Cotton, Balls, 390. 

 Timbers of British Guiana, Stone and 



Freeman. 95. 

 Transpiration and the Ascent of Sap 



in Plants, I lixon, 95. 

 Tropical Leaders for Schools : 



(1) The Star of India Readers , 



(2) Tile Rambler Tr.-n el L.n.ks I Blaokie, 



(3) Bambles among our I 24:?. 



[ndustriesj 

 Borrichia arboreseens (Sea-side ox-eye), 



355. 

 Bos indicus, 98 

 Boston brown bread. 101. 

 Botanic Gardens, Dominica, Official 

 ( luide to, I").'!. i 



— ,. history and functions of, 281. 

 Botanical notes, 198. 



— research, Jamaica as a centre of, 

 233. 



— sources of rubber, 359. 



Boxwood, increased demand in Great 



Britain for, 204. 

 Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia'erceha), 277. 

 Bread and ( theese (Pitfieeolobium Ungiiis- 



cati), 83. 

 Breadfruit trees, dropping of youug fruit, 



prevention of, 28. 

 British agriculture and the war, 56. 



— cane sugar, 258. 



- Cotton Growing Association, 7u, 134, 

 150, 294, 342, 358. 



— — — — Annual 

 Report for 1914, 262. 



British Bast Vfrica, maize cultivation in, 

 55. 



— , pig industry in. 55. 



— , -isal cultivation in, 



55. 



5. 



epi 



— — , hemp industry in 

 ■ — , trade of, 55. 

 — , treatment for 



zootic lymphangitis in, 55. 

 British < .'uiana. agricultural affairs in. 21 1. 

 — , balata industry in, 21, 

 — , lime cultivation in. 344. 

 — , Onderneeming School, 277. 



— — scholarship, changes in, 349, 

 — , sugar possibilities in, 292. 



— Press and West Indian agriculture, 

 137. 



— West Indies and Panama Canal, 10. 



British West Indies, manjack deposits in. 



331. 

 Budding of limes, •"•■"'7. 

 Bullock creeping grip traitor. 249. 

 Burr grass (Cenchrus echinatus), 291. 

 Bursera gummifera (Bed gum), 26. 

 Butter, cotton seed oil in, 1 66. 



. effec! of cane top fodder on consist- 

 of, 263. 

 By-law for sale of milk in Antigua. 153 



C. 



Cacao budding in estate practice, 52. 



, commercial notes on, 271. 

 — , • cundeamor', 23. 



— exports from the Gold Coast in 1914 



and 1 'J 1 5, 1 1 2. 

 — , fermentation of, 1<>4. 

 - in the Southern Provinces, Nigeria, 

 299. 



— industry in the Gold Coast, 23. 

 — , Is fermentation necessary ! 296. 



— manurial experiments in Dominica, 

 317. 



. Trinidad, '.!!•. 

 — , manuring of, 263. 

 ~, net weight of bags in different coun- 

 tries, si. 



— Planters' Association, Trinidad, 

 corporation of, 130. 



— prohibition : effect on prices. 52. 



— trees, individuality in, 129. 

 ( 'aesalpinia iaria, 7 1. 



— pulchersima ('Barbados l'ride), 

 Cajanns indicus (pigeon pea), 105. 

 Calcium compounds, influence on forest 



vegetation, 268. 

 Calliandra tergemina (Lois ravine), 294, 

 Camphor oil in the Federated Malay 



States, peculiarity of, •'>!••">. 

 Canada, Montserrat pine-apples in, 36. 

 — , sugar duties in, •'!. 



, West Indian permanent exhibitions 



in, II. 

 Canada-West Indies preferential trade 



agreement, 171. 

 Canadian Customs laws, 25. 



— sugar refinery, 220, 



Canavalia ensiformis (horse Lean). 105, 

 181. 



(Jack Lean). 136, 158. 

 (sword Lean). 158, I'M'. 

 ( landle nut oil, 1 1. 



tree { Alt unit's triloba), 1 1 . 

 ( lane sugar, Bi iti-h, 258. 

 j — — industry, progress in, 281. 



— top fodder, effect on consistency ol 



butter. 263 



— tra.sh, the burning of, 35. 



Canella alba on the London market, II"). 

 i lannabis sativa ( Hungarian hemp), 7 7. 



— i Italian hemp), 77. 



■ — ■ (I!uss_ian hemp), 77. 

 Canning tomatoes, directions for, 244. 

 » lapsicum annuum, .'i7.'L 



in- 



1 65. 



