418 



Antigua Grammar School, science teach- 

 ing iu; 379. 



— , Gunthorpes sugar factory, 356. 



— , items of local interest, 21, 52, S4, 

 117, 161, 196, 228, 263, 311, .324, 

 374, 404. 



— land settlement, 231. 



■ — Onion Growers' Association, 364. 



— , onion growing in, 85. 



•—, plant distribution from, in 191516, 



a record, 108. 

 ■^ — . - — importations, 175. 

 -, rainfall in 1916, 223. 

 — , reafforestation in, 95. 



— soils, gall patches of, 159. 



— , sugarcane in, area under different 

 varieties, 146. 



■ — , suggestion of anti-mosquito mea- 

 sures in, 189. 



— , tanning possibilities in. 329. 



— , veterinary report from, 411. 



Arable cultivation, converting pasture to, 

 11.5. 



Arachis hypogaea (ground nut), protein 

 compounds in, 37. 



Arapainia, a large fish in British Guiana, 

 268. 

 Araticum ' (Anona sal-.manni), 119. 



Argentine, experiment station in, 189. 



Arrowroot and onions, exports from 

 Bermuda. 60. 



— cultivation in British East Africa, 

 69. 



in St. Vincent, manurial experi- 

 ments with, 125. 



— on the London market, 6o, 95, 191, 

 223, 399. 416. 



Artocarpus incisa [communis] ( ' Fruta 

 depao,' or breadfruit), 7. 119. 



— intetrifolia [Integra] (' .Jak', jaca, or 

 jack fruit), 119 174. 



Associated Chamber of Commerce of 



the British West Indies, 44, 185. 

 Asparagus growing in Dominica, 88. 



— — Nevia, 55. 



Aspergillus J.iger, 37. 



Austra'ia, txtension of cotton industry 



in, 156. 

 Averrhoa B-limbi (Bilimbi?, 174. 



— carani'" la (Carambola), 119. 

 Avocado, a'acate,' or alligator pear 



(Persea yrati'^sima) [imei icana], 1 19, 

 235. 



B 



Bacon, honie-c'iring. 40. - 

 pigs, prices paid for at Salisbury 



bacon factory, 172. 

 Bahamas, exports from, 412. 

 . — , sisal itidustry in, 316. 

 Bahia in Brazil, fruita grown at, 119. 

 Bulking powder bread, 299. 

 Tialsam apple or maiden apple (Monwr- 



dica Charantia), 333. 



Bamboo, Burmese {Cephalost<uhymiim 



pergracHe), 174. 

 — , Chinese {Bamhusa vuh^^aris). 7. 

 Bambusa vulgaris (Chinese bamboo), 7. 

 Banana fibre for bag making, 361. 



— stalks as a source of potash, 300. 



— tree, remarkable growth of, 73. 

 Barbados agricultural and industrial 



exhibition. 408. 



— , — conditions in, 53. 



— , agriculture in, 212, 239, 244, 270, 

 286. 299, 315, 359, 37-5, 389. 405. 



— , colonial report on, 212. 



— , elementary education in 1915, re- 

 port on, 43. 



— evergreen tree {Ficus nitida), 174. 



— food supply, legislation on, 195. 



— goat society's show, 408. 



. — items of local interest, 196. 



— local agricultural show, 1917, 396. 

 — , mongoose in, 206. 



— onion industry, 140. 

 — , pellagra in, 245. 



— sour grass (Andropogon 2^ertusus), 

 381. 



— Sugar Industry Agricultural Bank, 

 247. 



— , supply of ground provisions at, 



137. 

 Barbuda, items of local interest, 324, 

 I 358. 



— white Lima bean {Phaaeolus luna- 

 tus), 174. 



Barelegged owl (Gyntiiiisro nndipes 

 mtdipes), 250. 



Basella alba (Ceylon spinach), 174, 349. 



Basic acetate of lead, reducing sugars 

 by precipitation of, 29. 



Basseterre sugar factory, St. Kitts, 356. 

 ' Bassia latifolia (Mahwa tree), 282. 



Batatas edulis (sweet potato), 199. 



Bats as guardians of cotton, 344. 

 i — in buildings, methods of getting rid 



; of, 21. 



I Bay oil industry of Montserrat, 12 43. 



— seed transportation to Egypt, 197 

 (Bead tree {Aden'intherapa'omna\ 171. 

 ' Bean, Chinese, 38. 



j Beans, Madagascar, in St Lucia, 195. 

 Bees in relation to agriculture, 219. 

 ; Belgian i^ongo, agriculture in, 87. 



— — , conditions in, 87. 



— — , mineral industry of, 87. 

 Bengal beans {Stv.nlnlduni aterrimum), 



42. 

 Bermuda, exports of arrowroot and 

 I onions from, 60. 



; Berseem or Egyptian clover, 152, 153. 

 . Bertholetia excelsa ^Brazil nut), 175. 

 Bilimbi {A'errhoa Bilimld), 174. 

 Biological characters, physical basis of, 

 309. 



— studies applied to agriculture, 366. 

 Birds of British Guiana, hand list of, 156. 

 Bixa orellana, 103. 



BLickbird {Crot"phnja ani), 309. 



Black cribo snake {Oryrhopus cloelia), 



380. 

 Black-eye pea ( Vigno. caljang) in St. 



Vincent, 22. 

 Black sage (Cofdia. cylindrostachya), 



330. 

 Bleeding hearts {Amarantus panicu- 



>atus), 349. 

 Blue gum (Eucalyptus ■jlo''ulus), 127. 

 Board of Agriculture, British Guiana, 77. 

 Boilers, amount of fuel consumed by, 



92. 

 — , tests of with megass as fuel, 92. 

 Bois immortel (Erythrina ttmbrosa), 331. 

 Bolivia, sugar manufacture in, 204. 

 Bonavist (Bolicfws lahlab), 380. 

 Books reviewed : — 



Chemical Control in Cane Sugar Fac- 

 tories, Prinsen Geerligs, 87. 

 Dairy Farming, C H. Eckles and 



G T. Warren, 243. 

 Farming by Motor : all about Farm 

 Tractors and Motor ploughing, 285. 

 Field crops for the Cotton Belt, Mor- 

 gan, 269. 

 Handbook for Cane-sugar Manufac- 

 turers and their ('hemists, Spencer, 

 36. 

 Practical Guide to Coco-nut Planting, 

 Munroe and Brown, 37. 

 Borassus fiabelliformis (Palmyra palm), 



cultivation of, 163. 

 Botanical Garden, New Vork, 7. 



— gardens, mistaken notions about, 

 329 



Bougainvillaea glabra, 341. 



— — , var. sanderiana, 79. 



— laterita, 341. 



— spectabilis, 84. 



— — , var. laterita (terra-cotta Bou- 

 gainvillaea), 79. 



— sports and hybrids, 341. 

 Branch, C. H., 258. 



Brazil nut (Berlholetia ' ixelsa), 175. 

 Bread, adulterated, 101. 



— diluted with sweet potato meal, 59. 

 — , fresh fruits and vegetables as sub- 

 stitutes for, 393. 



— from flour diluted with sweet 

 potato meal and corn meal, 4. 



— — mixed meals, 297. 



^ made with flour substitutes, 299. 

 — , price of, in United Kingdom, 236. 

 — , standard, 4. 



— , vitamines in, 214. 



Breadfruit uetiArtncarinn i».Ci'.?a), 7, 1 1 9. 

 r.reeding of corn, 277. 

 British agriculture and foreign islands, 

 262. 



— cattle reserve in Africa, 101. 

 liritish Cotton Growing Association, 86, 



134, 166, 182, 246, 326, 35S, 390. 



— — — — and 

 re.search, 173. 



— — - — and 

 sale of West Indian cotton, 54. 



