420 



Fungus Notes (Conchided): — 



Pod disease and canker of oaoao (Phy- 



tophtliora Faheri), 14. 

 Polystietns sanguineus (bracket fun- 



gus), 14. 

 Purchase and use of liver of sulphur, 



254. 

 Pythiacystis citrophthora, .^O. 

 Pythiuni debarjanum, loS. 



— palmivoruni, 222, 286, 412. 



Eed rot of sugar-cane (Col/etotrichum 



falcatum), fi2. 

 Report on a visit to St. Lucia, 94. 

 Rhizoctonia (sore shin of cotton), 30. 

 Rind fungus of sugar-cane (Melanco- 



nium, sdcchari), 62. 

 Root disease of Hevea and cacao {Hy- 

 menochaete voxiii), 14. 



— — — sugar-cane {Marasmius 

 sacchari). 14, 99, 171, ISS. 



Eo.se mildew {Sphaerotheca pannosa), 



158. 

 Eo.sellinia sp., 412. 



— bunodes, 364. 

 Schizophyllum commune (bracket 



fungus), 14. 

 Sclerotium oryzae, 46. 

 Scurf of sweet potato, 110. 

 .Septobasidium [Thelephora] pedieel- 



lata, on lime trees, 94. 

 8raut of sugar-cane ( Uslilago sacchari), 



1.31. 

 Soft rot of sweet potato, 1 1 0. 



Soil —,110. 



Sorghum smut, 316. 

 Spaeropsis tumefaciens, 30. 

 8pacelotheca (U.stilago) reiliana, 316. 



— — sorghi. 316. 

 Sphaeronema fimbriatum, [C'eratocystis 



fimbriata], (black rot), 110. 

 Sphaerotheca pannosa, rose mildew, 158. 

 Spray fluid, a new, 190. 

 Spraying of ground nuts for leaf rust, 



380. 

 Stem rot of sweet potato, 110. 

 Stilbum flavidum, 141. 

 Sugar-cane diseases in India, 62. 



— rind disease, 158. 



— root disease {Marasmius sacchari), 

 158. 



Siimmary of information respecting 

 plant diseases in 1913, 30. 



■ — — — concerning plant 



diseases in 1914, 412. 



Sweet potato, diseases of, 110. 



Tephrosia Candida, wilt disease of, 348, 

 412. 



Thielaviopsis ethaceticus. 190. 



— paradoxa, 190, 222, 412. 

 Thyridaria tarda (die-back of Hevea 



and cacao), 14. 

 Tobacco wilt disease, 46. 

 Tomato disease, 174. 

 Uncinula spiralis, on grape vine, 158. 

 White rot of sweet potatoes. 111. 

 Wilt disease of leguminous plants, 348. 



G. 



Garcinia mangostana, 355. 

 German colonies, development of, in 

 1913, 56. 



— — , maiiurial experiments in, 

 201. 



— protectorates, agricultural progress in, 

 201. 



Germicides, etc., 395. 



Ginger on the London market, 15, 47, 79, 



111,159,207,223,397. 

 Gold Coast, cacao cultivation in, 180. 

 ' Gootee' method of propagation, 20. 

 Gossypium barbadense, 246. 



— brasiliense, 294. 



— — , var. apospenuum, 294. 



— Peruvianum, 246. 



— punctatuni, var. Jamaica, 246. 

 Grape fruit, exjjortation from East 



Africa, 196. 

 Grasses, paper pulp from, 117. 

 Great Britain, importation of sugar in 



1913, 57. 

 Green dressings, experience in Java, 101. 

 Green manuring, experiments in India, 



361. 

 Grenada, recent official notices in regard 



to, 56. 



— soils, survey of, 25. 

 Ground nuts, cultivation of, 338. 

 Guadeloupe, contagious disea.ses of cattle 



in, 251. 

 Guinea corn, red, 403. 



Hawaii, ornamental hibiscus in, 217. 

 Hedychium coronarium, 117. 



— — , in the West Indies, 232, 

 294. 



Henequen and sisal hemp, 342. 

 Hens, cotton-seed meal for, 149. 

 Heredity, modern views on, 343. 

 Hevea brasiliensis, 59, 120, 153, 171. 



— collina, 59. 



— confusa, 105. 



Hibiscus, ornamental, in Hawaii, 217. 

 Hides and skins, preservation for export, 



167. 

 Horse fly (Tabanus striatus), 23. 

 Horses in the tropics, care of, 396. 

 — , treatment of fistula in, 4 1 3. 

 Horticultural Department, New Delhi, 



20. 



— Society for Trinidad, 1 85. 



Imperata arundinacea, 117, 165. 

 Imperial Department examinations in 



practical agriculture, 13. 

 — Department of Agriculture, external 



work of, 24. 



Imperial Department of Agriculture, pub- 

 lications of. 40, 200, 246. 



— development, 206. 



— Institute, 363. 



India, cotton production in, 54. 

 — , mutual credit in, 69. 

 Indian cattle, useful references concern- 

 . ing, 38. 



— Co-operative Societies Act, 1 '.)1 2, 298. 



— corn, 372, 389, 390. 



.-r^ — , care of seed corn, 405. 



— cotton, studies in, 166. 



— report on agricultural education, 1 18. 

 Indigo, 342. 



Indigofera Anil, 101. 



— arrecta, 101. 



— hursuta, 101. 



— sip., 342. 

 Insect Notes : — 



.V fungus parasitic on tlie coco-nut 



beetle, 10. 

 A new cotton pest. 344. 

 A parasitic wasp (Tiphia paratlela), 



139. 

 A useful garden syringe, 122. 

 Acrobat ant {Cremastorjasier), 298, 



409. 

 Acrolophus sacchari (cane stool moth), 



235. 

 Aethalion reticiilatuni, 219. 

 Agriotes lineatus, 376. 

 Amblyomma di.s.simile, 90. 



— hirtum, 90. 



— variegatum (gold tick), Ot). 

 -Vnthonomus grandis (cotton boll 



weevil), 42. 

 Ants, 376. 



xVn ant exterminator, 392. 

 Aphis radicans, 376. 

 Ardea virescens (green heron), 58. 

 Argas miniatus (fowl tick), 90. 

 Argentine ant {Iridomyrmey huiailis), 



26. 

 Arsenate of lead, 154. 

 Aspidiotus [Chrysomphalus] bowreyi^ 



186. 



— destructor, 2 1 8. 



— personatus, 218. 



— [Pseudaonidia Jtesseratus, 186. 



— .sacchari, 235. 

 Asterolecanium pustulans, 218. 

 Australian cockroach (Pcriplaneta 



australasiae), 344, 409. 

 Azya trinitatas, 218. 

 Barathra [ilamestra] brassicae, 376. 

 Biting stable fly (Stomoxi/s ralcitrans), 



58, 72. 

 Black .scale (Saissetia olcaf), 12. 

 Black witch or tick bird ( Crotophaga, 



ani), 42. 

 Blue heron [Florida roeridea), 58. 

 Boll worm (He/iothis ohsoleta), 42. 

 Boophilus [Margaropus] australis 



(cattle tick), 102. 

 oophilus sp., 90. 

 Brassolis sophorae, 218, 40'.), 



