128 



Plant Diseases (f'ontinv 



Melanose, due to Pbomopsis citri, 94. 

 Metarrhizium anisopliae (green muscai 



dine fungus), 286. 

 Moth borer fungus {Cordyceps Barberi). 



- 

 Mucor hiemalis, 309. 



— racemosus. 309. 



Myriangium Dux&ei (black fungus), 



110, 

 New light on the witch broom disease 



. t cacao, - 

 < >idiuin terricula, 1 IT. 

 Ophionectria coccicola (white-headed 



fungus), 110, 286. 

 Passalora Heveae, 328. 

 Penicillium sp., 148. 

 Pestalozzia palmarum (leal diseasi |, 



30. 

 I i \ tophthora Faberi (canker), 303. 



— omnivora, "270. 



I ii i disease of rubber (Corticiunt, 



uynieolor), 303. 

 I doco - n calceolariae, tungu> on, 



I omi nas citri, 414. 



— — , origin of citrus canker, 

 206. 



Puccinia Maydis (brown rust of maize), 

 78,414. 



— purpurea (rusl fungus), 78, 414. 



— Sorghi (red rust of maize), 78. 



1 fungus of white fly {Aegerita 



aleyrodis), 286. 

 Red headed fungus {Sphaerostilbt cocco 



phila), 110, 286. 

 I rust of m*ize {Puccinia Sorghi), 



78. 

 Review of information concerning 



plant diseases and related subjects, 



II I 

 I, disease of cacao {Rosellinia Pepo), 



302. 



— — rubber (Fomes semitos- 



tus), 303. 



— diseases in Malaya, 174 



— fungus ' Uaratmius sacch iri), 351 

 I 



— Pepo (root disease H cacao), 302. 



— spp (black root di ), 30. 



Rubber trees, Para, in Ceylon, disea 



.103. 

 I t fungus (Puccinia purpurea), 78. 



— — {Uredo Arachidis), 350, 



— — (Uredn Sorghi), 7 V 

 Rusts ami -mitts nt Indian corn, 78, 

 Scab of citrus. 9 I. 

 Septogloeum Vra.-hi.li~ (tikka), 142. 



Shield seal'' fungii- (('•'/>/tal"Sp'iriiim 

 lecanii), 110, 286. 



iuni n ilianuin, 7'.' 

 hi ca reilianum (head smut), 



— I ITstilago] sorghi (grain smut), 79. 

 Sp] coo ophila (red headed 



fungus), 110, 286 



Plant I liseasi 3 {Com u <'• 

 Sphaerostilbe rep( ns, 171 

 Spider fungus (Gibellula arachtiophila), 



286. 

 Spraying of ground nuts for leaf rust, 



370. 



— palm trees in India. 270. 

 Stem bleedii . disease of coco-nut, due 



to Thielaviopsis, 30. 

 Sugarcane mealy-bug fungus (Asper- 



gillut parasiticus), 110. 

 Thielaviopsis paradoxa, ethaceticus, 30. 



148. 

 Thyridaria tarda, .30, 354. 



— (Diplodia cacaoicola), 30. 

 Tikka {Septogloeum Ararhidis), 142. 

 Top-shaped Aschersonia {Aschersonia 



turliinata), 286 

 I redo Arachidis (rust fungus), 350. 



— Sorghi (rust fungus), 78. 



[Jse of fungous parasites in scale 



insect control, 286. 

 I'stilago Maydis (corn smut), 78. 

 Mays-zeae (corn smut), 78. 



— reiliana, 79. 



- Zeae (corn smut). 78, 414. 

 I r stulina zonata, 174. 

 Vrrticillium heterocladum (cinnamon 



fungus), 286 

 White-headed fungus {Ophionectria 



coccicola), 110, 286 

 Witch broom disease, 30, 382. 

 Yellow-green fungus of mealy-bug 

 {Aspergillus parasiticus), 286. 

 Plant distribution in Dominica, 317. 

 St. Lucia, 277. 

 importations into Dominica, -517 

 — St. Lucia, 277 



— pests and diseases in St. Kitts- 



NTevis, 39. 



Plants, economic, experiments in St. 

 Kitts-Xevis, 39. 



— , fungous diseases of, and their treat- 

 ment, 92. 



— , growing, loss ol water from, 389. 



— -, medicinal, shortage of, 9. 



— , tropical drug, 359, 



Plumeria alba found by Columbus in 

 Antigua, 348. 



Poinsettia rosea, pink, 44. 



Poisonous beans, 280. 



Polygonatum commutatum, 7 7. 



Porto Rico, agricultural progress in, 333. 

 — , citrus manurial experiments in, 

 261. 



Portuguese colonies, agricultural credit 

 in, 131. 



Potash, American source of, 76. 

 deposits in .Spain, 105. 



— , German, 105. 



— manufacture for commercial purposes, 

 12. 



— manure^, scarcitj of, 321. 



, notes on present situation, 10s. 



Poultry, hor-e h, i: ,,, i i for, 181. 



, rearing on coco-nut estates, 150. 



Poultry, trap nest for, 380. 

 Practical value of soil analysis, 374. 

 Prepotence in plant breeding, 43. 

 Press, a continuous, 38 1 . 

 Prioria copaifera, 309. 

 Produce, transport of , in Dominica, 25. 

 Prosopis juliflora (Algaroba bean), 190. 

 Prospects of sponge cultivation, 402. 

 Publications of the Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture. 89, 136. 



Q- 



Quail {Ortyx virginianus), 258. 

 Queensland nut (Macadamia ternifolia) 



317. 

 Quiscalus fortirostris (Barbados black 



bird), 257. 



R. 



Radio-active manures, 179. 

 Radium, a cheap form of, 169. 

 - and plant growth, 111, 119. 

 Pain-bird {Tyrarmus sp.), 258. 

 Rainfall, abnormal, in April 1915, 152. 



— and gun-fire, 387. 



— - - the degree ot wetness, I'li.'i, 



— , excessive effect of, on crops in 

 St Lucia, 403. 



— in Dominica, 1914, 72 



I. S. cotton belt, 299 



— , yearly, in Antigua, 153 



Ramie, use of in manufacture of gas 

 mantles, 220. 



Rangoon bean (Plmseolus lunatus), 373. 



Ravenalia madagascariensis (Traveller's 

 palm), 198. 



Hearing poultry on coco nut estates, 150. 



Red gum {Bursera gummifera), 26. 



Research at Rorhamsted, 1014. 232. 



Resources of German South West Africa, 

 275. 



Rhodesia, ground nut cultivation experi- 

 ments in, 367. 



Rhodesian bacon factory, L82. 



Rhubarb, cultivation in Queensland, 1 (0. 



Rice cultivation in Ceylon, 365. 

 — Spain, 284. 



— meal, value per food unit, L'.'in 

 Ricin, characteristics of, 276. 



Ricinus communis, 276, 373. 

 Road sweepings, manurial value of, 47, 

 Robusta coffee in Ceylon, 84. 

 Rothamsted, research at, 1914, 232. 

 Loot crops, experiments in Antigua, 11. 

 Rounceval pea {Yigna unguiculata) 



ittacked l>y Cryptorhynchus borer, 



346. 

 Roses suitable for cultivation in the 



UVst Indies, 327. 



Royal Borticultut tl Society, gardens of, 



329. 

 Rubber, botanical sources of, 35'.». 



1 iltivation and manufacture 



■southern India, 23. 



