423 



flams, home-curing, 40. 

 Harland, S. C, 141, 258, 408. 

 Hats, Panama, the making of, 1^7- 

 Hawaii, interesting horticultural work 



in, 19. 

 — , tractors and motor truck.s in. 396. ' 

 Hawaiian soils, jiho.sphate determina- 

 tions of, 103. 



— sugar crop of 191 G, (i9. 

 Health of hogs, 409. 



— — rural schoole, 383- 



Heron, little blue (F/orida uh'nilHt aur- 



ukscens), 250. 

 Hevea brasiliensis (Para rubber), 148, 



340. 



— rubber, seed selection in the culti- 

 vation of, 148. 



— — tree, the largest, 7t). 

 Hibiscus cannabinns, 348. 



— Rosa-sinensis, 377, 408. 



— syriacus, 377. | 



— Waimeae, 377, 408. 

 High price of agriculture. 201. 



— — — sugar, 17-"'. 



— _ -- — and ho 4V to reduce j 

 it, 31. j 



Hinterland of British Guiana, 61. 

 Hints for improving the production of 

 cacao fields, 411. 



— — packing, 227. 

 Hitchcock. Prof. A. .S., 108. 

 Hoatzin {Opiathocomusa-istaius). l.'iG. 

 Hog cholera or swine fever, 37)^. 

 Hogs, health of, 409. 



— infected with tuberculosis, 252. 

 Holoquiscalus brachypterus (Porto llican 



blackbird or ' mosambique '), 250. 

 Home-curing hams and bacon, 40. 



— drying of fruit anl vegetables, 

 243- 



— practice in agriculture 9. 

 Honduras mahogany [Stvietenia macro- 1, 



'/jhy'/a), 174. 

 Honey in war time, 280- 

 Hookworm, use of thymol in treatment i 



of, 92. ' I 



Tlorse bean (Canartdia ensijormis), 94, 



155, 343. 



— — ( — — ). as a food 

 plant, 81. 



. — — ( — - - ), as a green 



dressing for cacao, 27G. 

 . — — ( — — ), recipes for j 



cooking, 367. i 



— {Caiiavaha ,:,^ladiata), recipes' 



for cooking, 367. 

 — , tuberculosis in the, 268. i 



Hr.rticultural training at the Dominica 1 



(iardens, 181. 



— work, interesting, in Hawaii, 19. 

 Horticulture, university degree in, 249. 

 House flies, a means i^f destroying, 412. 

 Human food, cottonseed meal as, 41. 



— . — , value of rice as, 71. 



Humidity, importance of in the storage j 



of fruits, 15C. 

 Hurricane at .Tamaica, 1916, 380. 

 — , Jamaica, abnormality of, 405. 



— losses in Dominica, 91. 



— relief in Tortola. ^9. 



— warnings, 198. 

 Hutton, J. A., 18;'.. 

 Hymenocallis e.xpan.^a (spider lily), 7. 

 Hyoscyamus mnticus, 196- 



ImuiigratioD, Ea.'^t Indian. G8. 



Imperial and national organization, 105. 



Importation of cotton seed into the 



AVindward Islands prohibited, 214. 

 Inbreeding. Iccg-continued. experiment 



in, 191. 

 Index to Agricultural New-'. Vol. .KV, 



88. 

 India, agricultural development in, 347. ' 



— influence of forests on rainfall in, 



92. . , , ^ '< 



— , production of essential oils in, 377, i 

 — , vegetable dyes of, 45. 

 India'.s supply of cctton, 102. 

 India rubber indu.^try, 238. 

 Indian almoLil (^'errriiitalia catoppa), 26. 

 -- corn cultivation in Montserrat, 43. 

 — . — — — St. Vincent, 22. 

 — • — . improvement of in St. Vincent, 



14. 



— indigo crop. 1916-17, 124. 



— olive (Putrav/'ia J'o'-l>uiyhii), 

 175. 



- — rices, conipo-^ition of, 10?^. 



— runner ducks, 235. 



. — • ta.\niLT\n'i(Taiiiarin'lus indicii), 119. 

 Indigo crop, Indian. 1916-17. 124. 

 Indigofera longeracemo.sa, 175. 

 — • sumatrana. 175. 

 Industrial alcohol, 247. 



— — , molasses as a .source of, 

 323. 



— development in South Africa. 92. 

 Industry, higher direction of, 249. 

 Inga laurina (Spanish ash), 95. 

 Insect Notes : — 



Acrobat ant {< 're/iiastO'iaster brei'ispin- 

 '•M, sub sp. /iiiniiti'>r). 282. 



— — (tutu u/iy era, var. tumuli-' 

 ciUa), 282. 



Alabama argillacea (cotton worm), 42, 

 138,341. 



Aleurocanthu- wogiumi (spiny citrus 

 white tiy), 10. 282. 



Aleurodes citri ( white riy), 3Gt;, 382. 



— nubifcr,(. 382. 



Aleurodicus cocois (coconut white tiy), , 

 138. __ I 



Almond mite {Brtjolia pratcnfis), 56. 



Ameiva exul (burrowina sround liz- 

 ard). 250. 



Insect Notes (Continued'': — 

 Anticarsia [Thermesia] gemmatilig 



(Woolly pyrol moth) 42,138. 

 Aphis maidis (plant louse), 298. 

 Argas persicus (fowl tick), 268. 

 Armoured scale (Odonaspis pimentos), 



283. 

 Aspidiotus destructor. 138. 

 Atta cephalotes (parasol ant), 172. 

 Bactroeera cucurbitae (melon fly), 394- 

 Ballovia cistipennis, 138. 

 Bark borer (Le/>tostyl%is pt'aemorsus), 



138. 

 Batocera rubus (large C^erambycid 



borer), 139. 

 Bean leaf-roller (Eudamn>' proleus), 



42. 

 Bengal bean caterpillar, 42. 

 Black banana weevil (Cosmopolites 



so7-didtis), 298, 347. 



— hard back (Liijyrus turiiulosut\ 

 250. 



— scale (Saissetia oleae), 58. 



— stinging ant (Sole7wpsis gemi- 

 nata), 309. 



Blood-sucking flies in Cirenada : — 

 Anopheles argyiotarsis, 235. 

 Corethrella appendiculata, 235. 

 Culex annulatus, 235. 



— fatigans, 235. 



— inflictus, 235. 



— (Micraedes) conservator, 235. 



— i^imilis, 235. 

 Deinocerites cancer, 235. 

 tiaemagogus splendens, 235. 

 ■Tanthinosoma neoapicalis. 235. 



— posticata, 235. 

 Limatus durhami, 235. 

 Megirhinus haitiensis, 235. 

 Ochltrotatus niger, 235. 

 Stegomyia buscki. 235. 



— fasciata, 235. 

 Wyeomyia grenadensis, 235. 



— pertinens, 235. 



Boll worm (Hellothiii o/'Soleta), 138, 

 Brown hard back {fMchnoUerna 

 .sp), 138. 



— — — ( Phytalus smithi), 

 154, 202, 218. 234, 250, 375. 



— weevil (MetaTnasius serioeus), 

 282. 



Bryobia pratensi.s (,ilmond mite), 58. 

 Burrowing ground lizard (Ameiva 



erul), 250. 

 Cacao thrips (Ueliotiirips rubrocine- 



tns), 26, 138. 

 Castnia licus (large moth borer), 266. 

 Cerambycid borer ( Batocera rubus), 



139.' 

 Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit 



fly), no. 



Chaetocnema apricaria (flea-beetle), 



298. 

 Chloridea virescens, 38. 

 Citrus green weevil (Fochnaais citri), 



283. 



