432 



S. 



St. Helena, fibre industry in, 44. 

 St. Kitts, Hgricultural show in, .332. 



— — , courses of reading in, 27. 



— — Grammar School, examination 

 results, 140. 



St. Lucia, abnormal rainfall in, 201. 

 — - — Agricultural Society, pre- 



miums for cotton-growing, 60. 



— — , agriculture in primary schools, 

 153. 



— — and Canadian Exhibitions, 319 



— — , Botanic Station, disti'ibution 

 from, 327. 



— — , Plant Protection Proclamation, 

 380. 



— — , rainfall in, 136, 327. 



— — , two interesting fungi in, 286. 

 St. Vincent, Agricultural Products Pro- 

 tection Ordinance, 1906, 76. 



_ _ -_ Society, 199, 229. 



— — and the Canadian exhibitions, 

 291. 



— — Arrowroot Growers' and Ex- 

 porters' Association, 285. 



— — , — (New Markets) Ordi- 

 nance, 329. 



— — , cost for treating cotton in, 182. 



— — , cotton exports from, 326. 



— — , encouragement of .stock im- 

 provement in, 89. 



— — , Guide Book to, 57. 



— — , implemental tillage in, 3, 35, 

 229. 



— — 'jack .Spaniard', introduction 

 into Monserrat, 378. 



— — , labour bureau in, 153. 



— — , selected cotton seed, 182. 

 ■ — — , shortage of .stock in, 199. 

 Salt for coagulating rubber latex, 203. 

 Samoa, cacao cultivation in, 229. 



— , experiment stations in, 409. 

 Saanen goats, 73. 

 Sands, W. N., 269, 331. 

 Sansfcvieria, cultivation in India, 31. 



— sp. in Fiji, 57. 



Sap sucker, yellow bellied, see Sphyropi- 



cus varius. 

 Sarcophaga trivittata, parasitic on insects, 



170. 

 Sarcoptida?, description of, 266. 

 Sarsaparilla on the London market, 15, 



47, 79, 111, 143, 191, 207, 239, 287, 



319, 367, 383. 

 Savannah lilackbird, Crotophaga ani, 247, 



297, 347. 



— — Quiscalus crassirostris, 247, 

 347. 



Scaling, prevention of, in evaporators, by 



calcium suljihate 386. 

 Schlcising and Miintz, work of, 322. 

 School gardens, questions concerning, 263. 



— — , suggestions in relation to, 263. 

 Schools, Agricultural, half-yearly exam- 

 ination of, 245. 



Schreinerising cotton, 374. 



Scorpionida, description of, 202. 



Sea Island and native West Indian cot- 

 ton, crossing of, 230. 



Second International Congress of Tropical 

 Agriculture and Colonial Development, 

 Brussels, 12, 140. 



Seeds, causes of germination, 99. 



Seed improvement, importance of, 59. 



— , protection of, from lurds, 185. 



Selection, principles applied to Guinea 

 corn, 124. 



Sensitive plant, see Mimosa pudica. 



Septocylidrium suspectum on frog-hop- 

 pers, 218, 350. 



Sernamby rubber, tackiness of, 89. 



Serpek's process for manufacturing alu- 

 minium nitride, 188. 



Sesamum seed, exports from China, 60, 



— — , use for, 60. 



Sesbania aculeata as green manure, 124, 

 185, 297, 325. 



— aegyptiaca, 297. 



Seychelles, trade and commerce of, 1909, 



297. 

 — , vanilla in, 105. 

 Shade, effect on plants, 210. 



— tree Nicaraguan, or Madura, see 

 Gliricidia maculata. 



Sheet rubber, definition of, 133. 



Shepherd, F. E , 27, 229. 



Shield budding for the mango, 100. 



Shows, local, in Trinidad, 27. 



Siam, cotton-growing in, 150. 



Sicilian green fruit chamber, 108. 



Sicily, citrus products in, 233. 



— , trade and commerce of, 1909, 233. 



' Sick ' soils of Porto Rico, 361. 



Sida, cultivation in India, 31. 



Sierra Leone, agriculture in, 377. 



— — , Funtumia elasticia in, 377. 



— — , Hevea Ijrasiliensis in, 377. 



— — , trade of, 1909, 345. 



Silk cotton, composition of seed cake, 93. 

 — • — .seed as a cattle food, 93. 



— worms, Botrytis bassiana on, 30. 

 Simmons, C. J., 350. 



Sisal exports from Bahamas, 315. 



— — — German East Africa, 28. 



— — — Mexico, 313. 



— fibre, yield from leaves, Mauritius, 73. 



— hemp, cultivation in British Guiana, 

 123. 



— — see Agave rigida, var. sisalana. 



— in Mauritius, 73. 



— plant and strong winds, 252. 

 Sleeping sickness and Glossina palpalis, 



316." 

 Small holdings in Nevis, 89. 

 Snow scale parasite, Myriangium Duriaei, 



17.5. 

 Society Islands, trade of, 1909, 409. 

 Sodium carbonate, use in evaporators, 



386. 

 Soil, action of nitrate of soda on, 279. 

 — , balance of life in, 17, 33. > 

 — , changes in, and fertility,: 123. 



Soil, fertility, definition of, 321. 



— — , growth of knowledge con 

 cerning, 321. 



— — , increased by molasses, 159. 

 — , loss and gain in, 18. 



— , nitrogen-fixing organisms in, use of 

 360. 



— phosphates, loss through cropping, 43. 



— — , — — manuring, 43. 



— productivity, maintenance of, 289. 

 — , some effects of manures on, 187. 



— sterilization, apparatus for, 267. 

 Soils, action of heat on, 369. 



— , causes of acidity in, 194. 



— , determination of available food in, 



380. 

 — , earthworms in, work of, 401. 

 — , effect of carbon disulphide on, 18. 

 — , — — sterilizing substances on, 18. 

 — , — — toluene on, 33. 

 — , heated, germination in, 369. 

 — , — , toxin in, 369. 

 — , lime content of, how affected, 194. 

 — , loss of phosphates from, 43. 

 — , maintenance of the productivity of, 



205. 

 — •, nitrification in, 4. 

 — , nitrogen content of, how affected, 



194. 

 — , United States, barium in, 359, 

 — , passage of heat through, 61. 

 — , phosphate content of, how affected, 



194. 

 — , potash content of, how affected, 194. 

 Solanum Melongena, egg plant. 261. 



— torvum, wild egg plant, 261. 

 Solar wax extractor, 181. 

 Solutions, nitrification in, 4. 

 Sorghum silage for milk production, 23, 

 Sorrel, red, see Hibiscus Sabdariffa. 

 Soudan, cotton industry in, 76. 



South African calabash pipe plant, see 

 I Lagenaria vulgaris. 

 ■ South, F. W., 93. 



Southern India, lemon gra.ss oil in, 407. 



Soy bean cake, exports from Manchuria, 

 188. 



— exchange, proposal for, 300. 



— — export from Manchuria, 331, 



— exports to Europe, 277. 



— — , Indian, 213. 



— — industry, Manchurian, 277. 



— — oil, feeding value of, 395. 



— beans, oil content of, 213. 



— meal and cake as cattle foods, 267. 



— — , composition of, 267. 

 Species of plants, definition of, 78. 

 Spennagonia, definition of, 158. 

 Spbaeriales, description of, 127. 

 Sphaerioidaceae, description of, 174. 

 Sphaeropsidales, description of, 174. 

 Sphaerostilbe coccophila, red-headed 



fungus, 127, 175, 362. 

 Sphyropicus varius, as insect eater, 41, 

 Spiders, Entomophthora sp. on, 30. 

 Sponges collected from the Grenadines, 



307. 



