428 



Hubber, possible source of, 409. 



— , precautions in forwarding samples, 



221. 

 — ■ production on the Ivory Coast, 16-"). 



— regulations in French West Africa, 

 380. 



— seeds, Para, germination trials of, .53. 

 , — , vitality of, 91, 16-5, 207. 



— trees, manuring of, 323. 



— — , Para, weight of seeds from, 31. 

 — , wild, in the Congo, 1 1 . 



Russell, E.J, 14.5, 255. 



Russia, cotton-growing in, 76, 278. 



— , — production in, 364. 



— , sugar beet area in, 252. 



Russian cotton crop, 12, 28. 



Eust mite, Phytoptu.s oleivorus, 26. 



Saccharomyces faroiminosus, 95. 

 Saigon, rice exports from, 44. 

 St. Croix, sugar-cane pest in, 340. 

 St. Eustatiu.s, cotton in, 236, 

 St. Helena, trade and agriculture of, 285. 

 St. John, NB, exports from, 284. 

 St. Kitts Agricult\iral and Commercial 

 Society, 309. 



— — Agricultural Show, 107. 



— — , Cambridge Local Examinations 

 in, 124. 



— — , rainfall in, 347. 



, report on visit to, 282, 298. 



— — , sugar crop of, 76, 268 

 ■ Sugar Factory, 99. 



St. Lucia, agriculture in, 219. 



— -■-. cacao production in, 167. 



— — , dodder in, 392 



— — , exports of, 219. 



— — , grants of Crown lands, 219. 



— — , Lyon liean in, 4. 



— — , medical work in, 152. 



. — — , Minor Products Amendment 

 Ordinance, 332. 



— — , Minor Products Protection Ordi- 

 nance, 364. 



— — , plant distribution in, CO, 92, 

 108, 140, 167, 172, 236, 268, 316, 

 380. 



— — , Prize holdings Competition, 60, 

 100. 



— — , rainfall in, 380. 



St. Thomas Harbour scheme, 44, 380. 

 St. Vincent, agriculture in, 207, 239 



— — and visitation by hurricanes, 296'. 



— — , anthrax legislation in, 153. 



— — Arrowroot Association, 89. 

 , — in, 76. 239. 



, — (New Market Fund) Ordi- 

 nance, 207, 332. 

 , cacao in, 183, 239. 



— — , cotton in, 76, 239, 411. 



— — , — purchases in, 375. 



— — , disappearance of anthrax, 207 , 

 239. 



St. Vincent, exports from, 60, 92, 183, 

 191. 



— — , forest reserve in, 332. 

 Handbook, 1911, 25. 



— — , nature object lessons and agri- 

 culture in, 392. 



— — , plant di«trilintion in, 183. 



— — , rainfall in, 183, 412 



— — , rubber in, 1S3. 



— — , starch production in. 183. 



— — , stock mnitaliiy in 60. 

 Salt bushe.o, Australian, as food for stock, 



56. 

 Salts, rate of travel through soil, 140. 

 — , soluble, eft'ect on soils, 71. 

 Salvarsan, 57, 152. 

 Samoa, agriculture in, 35. 

 San Bias coco nut, 325. 

 San Domingo, cacao exports from, 12. 

 • Sands, W. X., 403. 

 Sandstones, plant food in, 344. 

 [ Santos, coffee exports from, 300. 

 j Sapodilla, see Achras sapota. 

 Sapucaia nut, 287. 

 Sarsaparilla on the London market, 15, 



63, 79, 111, 159, 175, 223, 255, 287, 



319, 351, 383. 

 Saturnia pyretorum, wild silkworm, 



202. 

 Saunders, P. T., 19, 75, 135, 307, 313. 

 Sawdust, feeding value of, 377. 

 Scaring birds, apparatus for, 28. 

 Schleichara trijuga, 380. 

 School gardens in British Guiana, 249. 



— — — - Ceylon, 44. — 

 ■ — — — Great Britain, 137. — 



— — — .Jamaica, 297. — 

 Scientific work, direct and indirect — 



values of, 289 — , 



Scott, Dr. D. H., 95. 

 Sea Island cotton in Cuba, 121. 



— — — pruning, 281. 

 Sea Islands, cotton crop of, 191011, 



12. 

 Seaweed as manure, 3. 

 Sechium edule, use of roots, 303. 

 Seed, protection from birds, 271. 

 Seedling canes in Antigua, 69. 

 Seeds from Para rubber trees, weight of, 



31. 

 — , germination of, 285. 

 _, _ _ old, 197. 

 — •, influence of manures on constituents 



of, 104. 

 — , longevity of, 136. 

 — , protection from vermin, 92. 

 — , vitality of, 91, 16.5, 207, 216. 

 Serrapia, 149. 

 Serrapieros, 149 



Sesamum seed, cultivation and uses, 101. 

 Seychelles, exports from, 14. 

 — , Para rubber from, 92. 

 — , vanilla preparation in, 228. 

 — , — in, 360. 

 Shade trees for cacao, 100. 

 Shanghai, cotton exports from, 307. 



Shepherd, F. R., 347. 



Shredded cane, sugar from, 19, 147. 



Siani, cotton in, 262. 



— , exports from, 76. 



Sibi, .See Hevea confusa. 



Sicily, citrus products of. 249. 



Sick soil, treatment for, 76. 



Sideroxylon crystobotryum, 87. 



Sierra Leone exports from, 43, 412. 



Silk cotton, 117. 324 



— fi.<h lines, 202. 



— induitry, Brazil. 107. 



— — , France, 107. 



— — of Europe, 179. 

 j— — , Turkish, 404. 

 i — productioD of the world, 349. 

 j — — in Italy, 71. 

 ! Madrid, 348. 



Silkworm, facts in life-history of, 140. 



— in Yucatan, 377. 



— industry, 281. 

 — , wild, Saturnia pyretorum, 202. 

 Simpson, G C. E., 55. 

 Sisal, cutting of, 360. 



— hemp cultivation, conditions for, 40.3. 



— in Curacao, 284. 

 Skinner, W.,'217 

 Sleeping Sickness Bureau, future of, 201. 



— sickness and Glossina palpalis, 60. 

 Smithsonian Institution, International 



1 Exchange by, 68. 



! Soft rot of ginger in Bengal, 46. 



I Soil analysis, value of, 321. 



I — bacteria and evaporation, 265. 



— fertility and starch, 1 2. 



— — — sucrose, 12. 

 — , duration of, 335. 

 — , theories of, 209, 225. 



— , formation of calcium carbonate in^ 



83. 

 — , — — • nitrates in, 217. 



— inoculation, 44, 76. 



— moisture, 9. 



— — , influence on nitrification, 248. 



— nitrification, 369. 

 — , rate of travel of salts through, 140. 

 — , .sterilization, 166. 

 — , temperature under different con- 

 ditions, 135. 



— , work on bacteria in, 113. 



Soils, action of magnesium in, 316. 



— , colour of, 1. 



— , determination of humus in, 73. 



— , effect of soluble salts on, 71. 



— , hot weather ploughing and, 131. 



— , red, properties of, 2. 



— , rocky, silkworm tree for, 409. 



— , sulphur in, 39. 



Solanum tuberosum, 156. 



Sore shins in horses, 87. 



Sorghum poisoning, 21. 



Souari nut, see Caryocar nuciferum. 



Soursop, analysis of dried leaves, 379. 



— , budding of, 260. 



South Africa, buchu of, 362. 



— — , maize exports from, 140. 



