427 



Leptomonis davidi, producing disease, 



396. 

 Live stock in Oambia, .309. 

 Lime and magnesia, manuring with, 95. 



— content of .soil, how aft'ected, 194. 

 Lime cultivation, catch crop.s in, 361. 



— fruits, acid content of, 260. 



— juice on London market, L5,47, 79, 

 143, 191, 207, 239, 319, 367, 383. 



Lime-magne.sia ratio.s most suitable in 



soil.«, 95. 

 Lime products, improved nomenclature 



for, 76. 

 Lime-sulphur wash for use ou leaves, 



233. 

 Lime, amount of, in basic slag, 169. 

 Lime.s, root disease of, 366. 

 — , scale in.sects of, 10. 

 — , variation in acid content, 260. 

 Linguatulida, description of, 203. 

 Live stock, importation into Grenada, 



364. 



— — insurance in France, 16. 



— — , mutual insurance of, 1 . 

 Liver of sulphur, how made, 1 1 . 

 Lizard, Iguana, captured in Antigua, 124. 

 Lizards, ticks on, 247. 



Lobelia elastica rubber, tackiness in, 89. 



Locusts, Mucor exitiosus on, 30. 



— , disease of, 30. 



London Fruit Kxliibition, Dominica at, 



380. 

 Louisiana, central sugar factories in, 387. 

 — , Demerara seedling canes in, 271,339. 

 Love vine, Sfe Cuscuta sp. 

 Lumber production in the United States, 



12. 



M. 



Mabouge, ser Sporoliolus indicus and — 

 S. Jacquemontii. 



Macara, C. W., 22. 



McDonald, J., 377. 



Mace on the London Market, 15, 47, 79, 

 111, 143, 191, 207, 239, 287, 319, 

 367, 383. 



Machine, decorticating, 364. 



— for cultivating sugarcane, new, 117. 



Machines for gathering stones, 348. 



Macwarrie-balli, see Forsteronia gracilis 



Madura or Xicaragua shade tree, see 

 Gliricidia raaculata. 



Magnesia, ett'ect on growth of plants, 204. 



— , manuring with lime and, 95. 



Magnesium carbonate and nitrifying 

 organisms, 9. 



Maintenance of soil produetivitj', 289. 



Maize, a new, from China, 203. 



• — , advantages of crossing varieties, 403. 



— , export from South Africa, 220. 



— , exports from Nigeria, Western Pro- 

 vince, 108, 252. 



Maize, manurial experiments with, 213. 

 — , methods of sowing, 249. 

 — , suitable manures for, 219. 

 Malaehia capitata, cidtivation in India, 



31. 

 Malay States, manufacture of tapioca in, 



40. 

 .Malaya, catch crops for rubber in, 



141. 

 Malefoin, see Sporoliolus indicus. 

 Malta, cotton-growing iu, 294. 



— fever and goats, 300. 

 Manaos, Congress at, 151. 

 Manchester Industrial Exhibition, 76. 

 Manchuria, soy bean cake exports, 188. 

 --, — — export, 331. 

 Manchurian .soy bean industry, 277. 



, Manganese, action on plants, 169, 232. 

 Mango, shield InuUling of, 100. 

 Mangos, a method of propagating, 104. 



— in Jamaica, 277. 



— , methods of causing early fruiting in, 



117. 

 — , propagation by circumposition, 388. 

 Manii^oba, Jcquie, see Manihot dichotonia. 

 — , Remaiiso, set Manihot piauhyensis. 



— rubber trees, characteristics of, 40. 

 — , San Francisco, see Manihot hepta- 



phylhi ' 



Manihot dich'itoma, characteristics of, 8, 

 40, 211 



— — , in Fiji, 57. 



— — . in Southern India, 364. 

 — , rubber from, 8 



— — , variability in, 25. 



— Glaziovii, composition of latex, 119. 



— — in Fiji, 57. 



— — , yield of latex from, 107 



— heptaphylia, 40. 



— piauhj'ensis, 40, 364. 



— — , characteristics, 40. 



— — , in Fiji 57. 

 Manila hemp, see Musa textilis. 

 Manufacture of paper from bamboo, 121. 



247, 325. 



— — megass, 



Manure, a new green, 341. 

 Manures, effect of, on the quality of 



pineapples, 264. 

 — , secoiidar}- actions of, 187. 

 Manuring of rice, 328. 

 — , rubber trees and green, 13. 



— with lime and magnesia, 95. 

 Margaropus annulatus. var. australis, 47, 



157, 234, 247. 



Market lleports, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 

 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 

 224, 240, 256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 

 336, 352, 368, 384, 400, 416. 



Marot apparatus, 265. 



Marsdenia verrucosa rubber, tackiness in, 

 89. 



Marseilles, oil seed crushing industry of, 

 1909, 331. 



Mascarenhasia lisianthiflora ruliber, tacki- 

 ness in. 89. 



— longlflora rubber, 89. 

 Material for planting Irish potatos, 335. 



Mauritius, climate of, 83. 



— , introduction of sugar-canes into, 179, 



— Plant Protection Ordinance, 412. 

 — , sisal in, 73. 



— , soil of, 83. 



— , sugar-cane introduction into, 179. 

 — , sugar industry of, 83. 

 — , West Indian sugar-cane seedlings 



in, 179. 

 Mayreau, agriculture in, 263. 

 Measuring trees, methods of, 99. 

 Medical Wants Ordinance, Ceylon, 408, 

 Medicinal extracts from plant.s, 8. 

 Megass, analysis of, 355. 

 — ■, experiments in drying, 355. 

 — , manufacture of paper from, 247,325, 

 Megilla maculata, 106. 

 Melanconiaceae, description of, 174. 

 ■Melanconiales, description of, 174. 

 Melilotus alba, 345. 

 Memleku rubber, fee Ficus Vogelii. 

 .Mentha silvestris, oil from, 329. 

 Mercerising cotton, 374. 

 Methods of measuring trees, 99. 



— — planting trees, 2G1. 



— - - sowing maize, 249. 

 Mexican vegetable waxes, 104. 

 Mexico, cottee exports from, 313. 

 — , fruit exports from, 313. 



— , guava in, 249. 



— , guayulc shrubs, exports of, 31.S. 



— , rubber exports from, 313. 



— . sisal exports from, 313. 



— , trade of, 1909, 315. 



MIcrechites napeensis rubber, tackiness in, 



89. 

 Microcera coccophila, see Sphaerostilbo 



coccophila. 

 Milk goats, Swiss, 73. 



— preserving machine, new, 301. 



— production, cocoa-nut meal for, 23. 



— — , cotton seed meal for, 23. 



— — , feeding cow-s for, 23. 

 proportion of food used 



23. 



for, 



— — , sorghum silage for, 23. 

 — • — , sweet potatos for, 23. 

 — , test for dirt in, 313. 



— testing, an aid in, 201. 



Mill work, influence of structure of 

 sugar-cane on, 162. 



Millions, enemies of, 355, 405. 



Millions in Carriacou, 124 



Mimosa pudica, for cover in ruliber plan- 

 tations, 28. 



Mistletoe, methods for getting rid of, 

 103. 



Mites (Acarina), 202, 218, 234, 250, 266. 



Mola decorticating machine, 156. 



Molascuit for cows, 131. 



Molasses in soils, references to literature, 

 365. 



— for increasing fertility, 159. 



— , influence of, on soil fertility, 339. 

 — , products from changes in the glu- 

 cose in, 259. 

 Monkey bush, see Malachra captiata. 



