429 



Pastures, freeing from ticks, 157. 

 — , scheme for improvement of, 137. 

 Patent Laws, colonial, list of, 140. 

 Pear, prickly, utilization of, 2.3.5. 

 Pediculoides venlricosus, 2.51. 

 Pedilanthus pavoni.s, 1 24, (Euphorbia anti- 



syphilitica), 104. 

 Pedipalpi, description of, 202. 

 Pellagra, transmission of, 213. 

 Peniciilium anisopliae, 350. 

 Penn.sylvania, cigar tobacco growing in, 



399. 

 Perini fibre plant, src Hibiscus radiatus 

 Perisporiales, description of, 127. 

 Peritliecia, definition of, 126. 

 Permutit, 252. 



Persea gratissima, budding of, 116. 

 Peru, cotton export from, 390. 

 — , — industry of, 390. 

 — , — output of, 204. 

 — , — pests in, 390. 



— , irrigation of sugar cane in, 51. 

 — , output of guano, 156. 

 — , - — sugar, 51. 



— , — — rubber, 204 



— , sugar-cane area in, 51. 

 — , sugar consumption in, 51. 

 — , — cultivation in, 51. 



Petch, T , 206. 254, :i5.5, 270, 286, 302, 



318, 334, 354, 414. 

 Petit grain, production in Paraguay, 76. 

 Phalaugida, description of, 202. 

 Phaseolunatin in leaves, 412. 

 Phaseolus aconitifoliu.s, 185. 

 Philippines, production of alcohol in, 7 1 . 

 Phormiuni tenax in St. Helena, 44. 

 Phosphate content of soils, how aifected, 



194. 

 Phosphates, availability of, in acid soils, 



56. 

 — , loss from soils, 43. 

 Phosphorus content of leave.s, 220. 

 Phycomycetes, 94. 

 • — , description of, 110. 

 Pigeon pea, nee Cajanus iudicus. 

 Pimenta acris, 204. 

 Pimento on the London Market, 15, 47, 



79, 111, 143, 191, 207, 287,319,383. 

 Pine-applf exports from Natal, 212. 



— — — — the Azores, 12. 



— — — — Bahamas, 315. 

 _ — — — Cuba, 1909, 215. 



— — — — Porto Rico, 1908, 

 44. 



Pine-apple industry of Formosa, 249. 

 Pineapples, cultivation in Lidia for fibre, 



31. 

 — , effect of manures on quality of, 



264. 

 Pine trees for the tropics, 23. 

 Pinus bahamensis, 23. 



— canariensis, 23. 



— cubensi.s, 23. 



— insulari.s, 23. 



— Kha.sya, 23. 



— • maa.soniana, 23. 



— Merkusii, 23. 



Pinus occideutalis, 23. 



— oocarpoides, 23. 



— Pinaster, 23. 



— Pinea, 23. 



— • terthrocarpa, 23. 



Pipe calabash, nee Lagenaria vulgaris. 



Piroplasma bigeminum, 234. 



Pistache malgache, see Voandzeia subter- 



ranea. 

 Plant bugs injurious to cotton bolls, 394. 

 Plant Diseases ; — 



Antirrhinums, root disease of, 11, 414. 

 Aposphaeria I'lei, 335. 

 Aroids, root disease of, 1 1 . 

 Bacterial diseases of cotton. Bacterium 



malvacearum, 166. 

 Bacterium vascularum, 72. 

 Banana anthracnose, Gloeosporium 



mu.sarum, 174. 

 Beet leaf spot, Cercospora beticola, 



398, 414. 

 Black blight, Capnodium sp. 175, 362. 

 -- canker of Hevea, Fusicladium sp, 



318. 

 Botryodiplodia elasticae, identity of, 

 382, 414. 



— — , on Castilloa, 318. 



sp , cocoa-nut root <lisease, 174, 

 Branch and stem disease of Hevea, 318. 

 Brown root disease of Hevea, 302. 

 Brown rot of cacao pods, Diplodia 



cacaoicola, 46. 

 Bud rot of cocoa-nut.s, 254. 

 Cacao canker, and various fungi, 46, 



222. 



— — , cau.'^e in Trinidad, 238. 



— — , forms of, 222. 



— -— , or red rot di.sease, Spicaria 

 colorans, 46. 



— die back and brown pod, 

 Diplodia cacaoicola, 46, 174, 270. 



— pod black rot, Phytophthora om- 

 nivora, 110, 222, 414. 



Cajanus indicus, root dLsease, 366. 

 Calonectria tlavida and cacao canker, 46. 

 Canker of cacao, forms of, 222. 

 Canna leaf rust, Uredo cannae, 11. 

 Capnodium spp., black lilight, 175, 362. 

 Ca.s.sava leaf spot, 219. 

 Castilloa root disease, 303. 

 Cercospora beticola, beet leaf spot, ; 



398, 414. 

 Ceylon bark disease, Corticium javan- 



icum, 286, 318, 334, 383, 414. 



— canker, Nectria diversipora, 3 1 8, 334. 

 CladosporiuMi elegans, orange disease, 



175. 



— fulvum, tomato leaf mould, 219. 

 Cocoa-nut bud-rot, 254. 



— root disease, Ceylon, Fomes lucidu.s, 

 254, 414. 



— — — , Botryodiplodia sp., 174. 



— stem bleeding disease, Thielaviop- 

 sis ethaceticus, 219, 255, 414. 



Coffee leaf disease, Stilbum ttavidum, 



276. 

 — , new disease of, 364. 



Plant disea.ses (Continued):-- ' 

 CoUetotrichum elasticae, 335. 



— ficus, 335. 



— heveae, 335. 



— spp., 46, 174. 

 Corticium spp., 286. 



— calceum, Malay bark disease, 286, 

 318, 414. 



— javanicum, Ceylon bark disease, 

 286, 318, 334, 383, 414. 



— laeve, .saprophytic on guava, 286, 

 382. 



— li]acino-fu.scum, identity of, 318, 

 414. 



— lilacino-fuscum, pink disease, 286, 

 382. 



— theae, 286. 



— — , relations of, 206. 



— Zimmermannii, 334 



Cotton, areolate mildew, Bamularia 

 areola, 175 



— leaf spot, Sphaerella gossypina, 

 175. 



— , bacterial disease, 166. 

 Damping off fungus, Pythium de Bary- 

 anum, 1 10. 



— — of seedlings, treatment of, 

 11. 



Die-back, Gloeosporium alborubrum in, 

 318, 382, 414. 



— of cacao, 46, 174, 270. 



Hevea, Diplodia rapax, 270, 318, 



382. 414. 



— — mango, 270. 



Diplodia cacaoicola, cacao die-back and 

 brown pod, 46, 174. 



— rapax, die-back, 270, 318, 382, 414. 



— , identity of, 382. 



— — , new bark disease (Hevea), 

 318. 



— zebrina, 334. 



Erythrina velutina, disease of, 366. 

 Eutypa caulivora, Hevea new stem 

 disease, 318, 334, 414. 



— erumpens, 334, 414. 

 Exoascus .spp , 126. 



Ficus elastica, leaf disease, 335. 

 Fomes lucidus, cocoa-nut root disease, 

 Ceylon, 254, 414. 



— semitostus, rubber root disease, 

 302. 



Funtumia canker, Nectria funtumiae, 



318, 334. 

 Fusarium lycoper.sici, tomato sleeping 



disease, 175. 

 Fu.sicladium .sp., black canker, 318. 

 Gloeosporium alborubrum, die-back, 



318, 382, 414. 



— brunneum, 335. 



— elasticae, 335. 



— mangiferae, mango anthracnose, 

 219. 



— musarum, banana anthracnose, 174. 

 Grape leaf rust, LTredo vitis, 398, 414. 



— mildew, Plasmopora viticola, 110. 

 Graphiola phoenicis, palm leaf disease, 



11. 



