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INDEX. 



A. 



Adsorption, selective, settlement of the 



question, 51. 

 African genus, new tropical, allied to 



citrus, l:.'l. 



— oil palm {Elaeis i/uineensu), 1 89. 

 Agave americana, 1 05. 



— rigida, var. fourcroides, 343. 



— — , — si.salana, 343. 



— .sisalana, 134, 223, 409. 

 Agricultural affairs in the West Indies, 88. 



— and Industrial Sho^v, St. Kitts, 1914, 

 121. 



• — banks, 278. 



— — and Trinidad, 332. 



— chemLstiy, report for 1914, 133. 



— colleges for the tropics, 280. 



— co-operation and small holdings, notes 

 on, -205. 



- — credit in Trinidad, 227. 



— movement in Trinidad, 40. 



— education, an Indian report on, 1 1 8, 

 142, 157. 



— — in Mauritius, 165. 



— examinations, general review, 61. 



— industries in British Guiana, 1912-13, 

 89. 



. — — — Trinidad and Tobago, 

 1912-13, 89. 



A'iricuUnral Nex's, another, 7. 



- — — , inde.x to, 136. 



Agricultural openings in foreign coun- 

 tries, 265. 



- — progress in Dominica, 105. 



- — prospects in Montserrat, 324. 



— show, Montserrat, 1914, 104. 

 Agriculture and electricity, experiments 



With, 21. 

 ■ — in Ceylon, 327. 



— — Queensland, 285. 



the Leeward Islands in 1912, 152. 



^ — West Africa, 41. 



^, teaching of. in St. Lucia, 221. 



Albizzia Lebbek, 402. 



Alcohol as a fuel in the colonies, 216. 



— , cost of production, 306. 



— , uses of, 306. 



Aleuritrs fordii, 294. 



— triloba, 402. 



American Sea Island cr)ttfin, (>. 

 Androjiogon halepensis, 85. 

 Animals under domestication, 89. 

 Annona cherimolia, 164. 

 • — gkbra, 164. 



Annona reticulata, 164. 



— squamosa, 1 64. 

 Anthistirid arundinacea, 117. 



— gigantea, 117. 



— villosa, 117. 



Antigua Onion Growers' Association, 341. 



— — — — , important 

 meeting of, 9. 



— — — — , progress 

 report, 132. 



— , opening of corn-drying factory in, 



162. 

 — , vegetable growing in, 327. 

 Arachis hypogiea, 338. 

 Arenga saccharifera, 244. 

 Armadillos, West Indian, 31. 

 Aroids in New York, 3. 

 AiTowroot on the London market, 15, 



79, 223. 

 Arsenic, effect of on soil processes, 133. 

 Arsundo donax, 117. 

 Aspergillus niger, 312. 

 Astragalus ,sinen.si.s, 91. 

 Atemoya, a new fruit for the tropics, 164. 

 Ate pannicensis, 164. 

 Attalea cohune, 159. 

 Australia, spreading of prickly pear in, 58. 

 Australia's supply of coffee, 232. 

 Avocado pear and the coco-nut, 343. 

 Azotobacter croococcum, 133. 



B. 



Bacillus anthracis, 185. 



— coli (the plague bacillus), 185. 



— prodigiosus, 185. 

 Bacteriological analysis of Indian soil, 51. 

 Bagasse, utilization for paper manufac- 

 ture, 306. 



Baillonella toxis perma, 331. 

 Balata in British Guiana, 171. 

 Banana industry in Cuba, 20. 



— meal for pigs, 63. 



Bananas, manuring in Queensland, 243. 



— , manuring of, 36, 338. 



— , ripening of, 4. 



Baobab tree, com]josition of, 43. 



Barbados black bird (Quiscalus fortiros- 



tris), 186. 

 Bauhinia sp., 402. 

 Bean, a new, 293. 

 Bengal beans as cattle food, 243. 

 Biology, applied, new publication on, 281. 

 Bixa orellana, 402. 

 'Black strap' (feeding) molasses, 179, 



Boiler covering, 357. 



Bombay, steam ploughing in, 103. 



Books reviewed : — 



Coco-nut cultivation, Coghlan and 

 Hinchley, 255. 



Coco-nut cultivation and plantatiork 

 machinery, Coghlan and Hinchley, 

 68. 



Coco-nuts : the consols of the East, 

 Smith and Page, 95. 



Date-growing in the old and new 

 workls, Popenoe, 109. 



Diseases of animals. Mayo, 313. 



Elementary tropical agriculture, .lohn- 

 son, 68. 



Evaporation in the cane and the beet- 

 sugar factory, Koppe.schaar, 109. 



Makers of modern agriculture,, 

 MacDonald, 255. 



Maize : Its historj', cultivation, handl- 

 ing and uses, Burtt-Davy, 141 



Manures and fertilizers, Wheeler, 7. 



Planting in Uganda, Brown and 

 Hunter, Dunstan and Massee, 68. 



Practical surveying and elementary 

 geodesy, Adams, 7. 



The banana : Its cultivation, distribu- 

 tion and commercial uses, Fawcett, 

 52. 



The diseases of tropical plants, 69. 

 Boophilus australis (cattle tick), 183» 

 Bordeaux mixture, how to make adhe-sive, 



46. 

 Bos Zebu Africanus, 63. 



— — indicu-s, 63. 



Bovine tuberculosis investigations, 127i 



— — , recent views on, 329^ 

 Bovovaccine, 127. 



Brazil, rubber position in, 137. 



British Cotton Growing Association, 70^ 



150, 309. 

 British Guiana, agricultural industries 



in, 1912-13, 89. 



— — and peasant agricul- 

 ture, 169. 



— — , balata in, 171. 



— — , export trade with 

 Canada, 1913, 248. 



— — , meeting of Board of 

 Agriculture, 189. 



— — , milk adulteration in, 

 124. 



— — , rubber in, 229. 



— — , trade of, 59. 



British Honduras, oil-nut development in, 

 159. 



