422 



East African cotton, 326. 



Eastern Bengal and Assam, cotton in, 



396. 

 — — agricultural education in, 89. 

 Ebbels, W. P, 159, 339. 

 Ecdj'santliera rosea rubber, tackiness in, 



89. 

 Economic plant .study in Brazil, 2-^5. 

 Ecuador, cacao in, 3.51. 

 Editorials : — 



A vfsy in which plants take up nitro- 

 gen, 97. 



Action of heat on soils, 369. 



Agricultural Conference, 1911, 337. 



Agriculture and the supply of labour 

 177. 



Balance of life in the soil : — 



I. General considerations, 17. 



II. Effects of sterilization, 33. 

 Canadian e.xhibitions, 1910, 209. 

 Centralization of agricultural research, 



.3.53. 

 Changes in the soil and its fertility, 



193. 

 Cooperation between the planr.er and 



his advisers, 49. 

 Cultivation of citrus plants in Florida, 



385. 

 Essentials for the growth of plants, 



257. 

 Functions of agricultural experiment 



stations : — 



I. In practical agriculture, 145. 



II. In stimulating research, 129. 

 Fungi in relation to agriculture, 161. 

 Growth of knowledge concerning soil 



fertility, 321. 

 Introduction of useful bird.s, 113. 

 Maintenance of soil productivity, 289. 

 Mutual insurance of live stock, 1. 

 Problem of agricultural education: — 



I. essentials of education, 65. 



II. means of education, 81. 

 Purpose and value of agricultural tours 



and conferences, 273. 

 Some considerations in the treatment 



of plant diseases, 225. 

 Use of electricity in agriculture, 305. 

 Value of agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions, 241. 

 Work of earthworms in the soil, 401. 

 Edinburgh University, fore.stry at, 264. 

 Education, Agricultural : — 



In Eastern Bengal and Assam, 89. 

 In elementary schools, 81. 

 In Trinidad, 154. 

 Problem of, 65, 81. 

 Eel worms in cane fields, suggested 



way to detect, 314. 

 Effects of carbonates upon nitrification, 9. 

 — — manures on the quality of 



pine apples, 264. 

 Egg plant, see Solanum Melongena. 

 Egypt, cotton exports from, 374. 

 — , cotton-growing in, 108, 326, 342. 

 — , decreased cotton production in, 108, 

 230 342. 



Egypt, export of cotton to U.S., 172. 

 Egyptian cotton crop, 1909, 342. 



— — — , 1909-10, estimate of 

 76. 



— - - growing, prospects of, 230. 



— — , use and manufacture of, 

 374. 



Elateridae, 138. 



Electrical discharges, effect on plants, 175. 

 Electricity in agriculture, use of, 305. 

 Electro-culture, Thwaite system, 306, 380. 

 Electroplating, simple method of, 136. 

 Elias pure rubber process, 236. 

 Emigration, effects of, 178. 

 Empire, trade within the, 56. 

 Empusa grylli, on gras.shoppers, 30 



— sp., on flies, 30. 

 Encephalartos catfer, 125. 

 England, beet growing in, 412. 

 Entomology, Brussels Congress of, 298. 

 Entomophthora on spiders, 30. 

 Eriophyidae, description of, 266. 



— , examples of, 266. 



Erythrina velutini, disease of, 366. 



Essential oil.s, new-, 329. 



Essentials for the growth of plants, 257. 



Estates, care of articles used on, 127. 



Eucalyptus acmenoides, 171. 



— affini.s, 171. 



— citriodora, 171. 



— globulus, fuel in sugar factories, 83. 



— longifolia, 171. 



— maculata, 171. 



— paniculata, 171. 



— pilularis, 171. 



— punctata, 171. 



— robusta, 171. 



— rostrata, 171. 



— rudis, 171. 



— saligna, 171. 



— sideroxylon, 171. 



— Smithii, 171. 



— tereticornis, 171. 



Eupatorium odoratum, Eriophyes on, 



266. 

 Euphorbia anti-syphilitica, f:ee Pedilan- 



thus pavonis. 



— antiquorum, 232. 



— fulva, 109. 



— grandidens, 232. 



— latex for preventing corrosion, 41, 232. 



— lectiflua, rubber from, 76. 



— pilulifera, 396. 



— I'lcinhardtii, 232. 



— thymifolia. 180. 



— Tirucalli, 232. 



Examination of agricultural schools, half- 

 yearly, 71, 245. 



— papers. Preliminary, 381. 



— results, St. Kitts Gramniar School, 

 140. 



— — , Preliminary, 375. 

 Exhibition, International liubber and 



Allied Trades, 1911, 60, 156, 172, 220, 

 284, .300, 357, 396, 407. 



— International and Horticultural, Flor- 

 ence, 391. 



Exhibition, Horticultural, 1912, 172, 332. 



— International, Winnijieg, 3'.i6. 



— of Art and Industry, Jamaica, 412. 

 — , Toronto, awards, 343, 412. 

 Exhibitions Branch of the Board of Trade, 



24. 

 — , British Guiana and the Canadian, 



251. 

 Experiment stations, agricultural, value 



of, 241. 



— — , Cameroon.s, 408. 



— — , German Xew Guinea, 409. 

 — , German South-west Africa, 



409. 



— — , German West Africa, 409. 



— — , Kiao-Chao, 409. 



— — , Samoa, 409. 



— — , Togo, 409. 



— — , work of, 241. 

 Experimental gardens in Ceylon, 115. 

 Experiments in drying megass, 355. 



Fattening ducks, u.se of charcoal in, 137. 

 Federated Malay States, cocoa-nut culti- 

 vation and copra in, 377. 



— — — , rubber in, 204, 252, 

 348, 396. 



Felling trees, new method for, 297. 

 Fermentation of cacao, 24. 

 Fertility and changes in the soil, 193. 

 Fertilizing influence of sunlight, 107, 



275. 

 Fibre-cleaning machine-s 156, 364, 393. 



— — industry in St. Helena, 44. 

 Fibre plant, an African, 72. 



— — Perini, 69. 



— plants in India, 31. 

 Fibres in Fiji, 57. 



Ficus elastica in Fiji, 57. 



— — , rate of growth of, 103. 



— — rubber, tackiness in, 89. 



— — , tapping of 54. 



Ficus proli.xa rubber, tackiness in, 89. 



Ficus Vogelii, 25. 



Fiji, copra from, 92. 



— , rubber in, 57. 



— , sugar export, 92 



Filao wood, see Casuarina equisetifolia. 



Finnigan-Zaliriski decorticating machine, 

 156. 



Flax, New Zealand, see Phormium tenax. 



Flies, disea.se of, 30. 



— , Empusa sp. on, 30. 



Flooded gum, see Eucalyptus .saligna. 



Florence International and Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition, 291. 



Florida budwood, success in West Indies 

 with, 356. 



— , cultivation of citrus plants in, 385. 



— , West Indian seedling canes in, 19. 



Fluke, No 2. Cuban double mouldlioard, 

 3. 



Flying-fish attacked by maggots, 122. 



