418 



Australian monkey jack, 204. 

 Availability of phosphates in acid soils, 



56. 

 Avocado pear, desirable characteristics of, 



116. 

 __ — , propagation of, 116. 

 — — , exportation of, 213. 

 Awards, West Indian, at Colonial Fruit 



Show, 1909, 20. 

 Azores, pine api'le e.xports from, 12. 



B. 



Bacteria and steel corrosion, 252. 



Bahamas, agricultural prospects of, 315. 



— , citrus exports from, 315. 



— , cotton experiments in, 406. 



— , — exports from, 315. 



■ — , forest products of, 315. 



. — , minor products of, 315. 



— , pine apple exports from, 315. 



. — , sisal exports from, 315. 



— , tobacco exports from, 315 



Bahia, Manihot dichotoraa in, f>. 



Balance of life in the soil, 17, 33. 



Balata output of British Guiana, 123. 



Ballou, H. A., 93, 229, 362, 383. 



Bambarra ground nut, 340. 



Bamboo, manufacture of paper from, 



121. 

 Banana Commission, British Guiana, 



Delegation to Surinam, 284, 372. 

 . — fibre, cloth from, 281. 



— industry of Costa Kica, 287. 



— meal, 331, 345. 



Bananas as a catch crop for rubber, 141. 



— in .Jamaica, 276. 1^ 



. — , West Indian, imports into the United 



Kingdom, 1909, 76. 

 Bananine, 345. 



Boabab trees for storing water, 169. 

 Barbados, agriculture in elementary 



schools, 255. 

 • — lilackbird, Quiscalus fortirostris, 247. 

 • — , cotton area in, 204. 

 — , Goat Society in, 364. 

 • — sugar-cane seedlings in India, 172. 

 — , Toggenburg goats in, 117. 

 Barbuda, cotton industry in, 363. 

 Barium in United States .soils, 359. 

 . — salts, use in evaporators, 386. 

 Barley, improvement of, 12. 

 Basic slag, lime in, 169. 

 Basidiomycetes, 95. 

 — , description of, 142. 

 Bay tree, see Pimenta acris. 

 Bean, new velvet, 9. 

 Bearing rein, effects of use of, 252. 

 Bed grass, ,>^ce Sporobolus indicus. 

 Bees and foul brood, 105. 

 — , to prevent from swarming, 207. 

 Bees, water consumed b)', 172. 

 Beeswax, purification of, 181. 

 Beet-growing in England, 412. 



— Sugar Founders, Limited, 316. 



— uugar production in Europe, 108. 



Beetle, hvdroiihilid attacking millions, 



355. 

 Belling, -J., 19. 



Bengal, sugar cultivation in, 179. 

 Bete rouge, 218. 

 Bichet, on cacao, 105. 

 Bignone a Tail, see Bignonia alliacea. 

 Bignonia alliacea, 120. 

 Biological Institute, German East Africa, 



25. 

 Birds, change of habits by, 41. 

 — , feeding habits of, 231. 

 — , introduction of useful, 113. 

 — , protection of, 113. 

 — , — -— plumage, 284. 



— , — — seeds from, 185. 



Blackbird of Dominica, 297. 

 — , savannah or parrot bill, ( 'rotophaga 



ani, 247, 297, 347. 

 Blackbutt, see Eucalyptus pilularis. 

 Bleekrodea, species of, 1 65. 



— tonkinensis, 1 65. 



Blue gum, .tee Eucalyptus globulus 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 



Scientific Committee of, 236. 

 Board of Trade, Exhibitions Branch of, 



24. 

 Boehmeria nivea, cultivation in India, 



31. 



— — in Fiji, 57 



■ — — , var. tenacissima, in Fiji, 57. 



Boja Medelloa, 341. 



Bolivia, ruliber cultivation in, 200. 



— , — exports from, 200. 



Bontia daphnoides, wild olive, use for, 



234. 

 Bonuses for stock importation, 89. 



— to labourers for perriianent service, 

 168. 



Books reviewed : — 



A Handbook of the Fungus Diseases of 



West Indian Plants, Bancroft, 299. 

 A Handbook of Tropical Gardening 



and Planting, Macmillan, 379. 

 Brazil in 1910, Oakenfull, 299. 

 Common Weeds of the Farm and Gar- 

 den, Long and Percival, 91. 

 Fruit Culture for Amateurs, Wright, 



139. 

 Incubators and Their Management, 



Sutclitfe, 139. 

 Indian Insect Life, Maxwell- Lefroy, 



395. 

 Manurial Experiments with Sugar canes 



in the Leeward Islands, 1908-9, 



91. 

 Our Insect Friends and Enemies, Smith, 



183. 

 Report on the Lands and Mines De- 

 partment, British Guiana, 1908-9, 



123. 

 The Book of the Goat, Pegler, 39. 

 The Illustrated Foultrv Record, Brown, 



39. 

 The Modern Sugar Planter, Gilniore, 



197. 

 The Rat Problem, Boelter, 139. 



Books reviewed (Cuiic/udi'd): — 



The Science and Pj-actice of Manuring, 



Dyke, 379. 

 The Weekly Telegra|)h Gardening 



Book, 139. 

 The West Indies. General informa- 

 tion for Intending ^)ettlers. Emi- 

 grants' Information Office, 123. 

 Bordeaux Mixture, a quick way of 

 making, 181. 



— — , references to etieet in cane 

 germination, 77. 



— — . sugar in, 55. 



Botrytis bassiana on silk worms, 30. 



— eriophyes on the lilack current mite, 

 30. 



Bovv'string hemii, see Sansevieria sp. 



Boyce, Sir Rubort, 28, 396. 



Brazil, cacao in, 1910-11, 392. 



— , cultivation of rice in, 220. 



— , economic plant study in, 255. 



— , encouragement of rubber-growing, 



151. 

 — , rubber e.xploitation in, 236. 

 — , — exports from, 252, 297. 

 — , — industry of. 55, 297. 



Breeders' associations for improvement 



of cattle, 20 1 . 

 Breeding, broad, importance of, 85. 

 British Columbia, plant protection in, 



388. 

 British Cotton Growing Association, 198 



358. 

 British East Africa, agriculture in, 203. 

 British Empire, area of, 56. 



— ---, population of, 56. 



— — , trade of, 56. 



British Guiana and the L'anadian Exhibi- 

 tions, 251. 



— — , area of sugar cultivation in, 



123. 



123. 

 44. 



Banana Commission, 284, 372. 

 cultivation of sisal hemp in, 



development of rice industry, 



— — , exports from, 41, 92. 



— — , Food and Drugs Ordinance, 

 1909-10, 376. 



— — , nature knowledge and elem- 

 entary hygiene in, 393. 



— — , output of balata, 123. 



— — , — — timber, 123. 



— — , rice experiments in, 279. 



— — , rice in, 15, 31, 63, 79, 85, 

 12.5, 154, 187, 279, 389, 411. 



— — , rubber experiments in, 123, 



— — . — exports from, 1908-9, 

 123. 



— — , sugar cane area in, 92. 

 -- — , — crop of, 92. 



— , — exports from, 92. 

 British Honduras, development of, 156, 



— — , distribution of plants. 363. 



— — Rubber Company Ltd., 172. 



— — , rubber exploitation in, 172. 



— — , — in, 363. 



