42C 



Jamaica, ilyewood factory in, oC'tl. Lami, use of machinery in cultivation nf, 



— ■, exports of tea in 191-"', 364. 383. 



— , Goa or Manila bean {Fsnpho'arfius Lantana camara, 330- 



ietrciijonolobus) in, 264. — involucrata, 330. 



— , hurricane, abnormality of, 40"). Laterite formation in soils, 143. 



— , — of 1917,380. Leaching, loss of fertilizers by, 2b I. 



— , importation of rice in 1915, 236. Lecythis Zibuciijo (Sapucaia nut), IT.'i. 



— . rice industry in. 252, 412. Leeward Islands, adulteration of milk 



— , scarcity of foodstuffs in, 103. in, 25. 



Shade tree {Pitkecolo/tiia/i S'tman), — — , sugar-cane experiments 



'■^'k in, 117. 



■ — sugar industry, development of. Legislation, food supply, in Barbados, 



169. 195. 



— . trade and agriculture in 191-")-16, Lemon extract, definition of, 229. | 



70. — industry, Sicilian, 363. 



Jambo, or rose-apple {Caryuphi/llus jam Lemon-scented gum (Eucalyptus cUrio- 



/'"s), 119. ' ' dora), 127. 



' Jangli Nil' {Tephrosia purpiota), a Lemons, bud variation in, 92. 



dye plant, 75. Lepidium sativum. 349. 



Japan, progress of science in, 280. — • virginiacum (Pepper grass), 349. 

 Japanese nut grass (Cypertis rotnniius), ) Lettuce seed, raising in the West Indies, 



control of. 412. " i 9b. 



— sugar industry, J59. Life preservers, kapok used in manufac- 



Java, iiTigation in, 300. ture of. 92. 



Jobs Tears (CoLi f.achryma-Jobi) as a Light production in animals, nature of, 



food-plant, 82. I 23. 

 ' John P.uU ' or Mahoe ( '/'Ae^'/Je."!'' jootom/- | Lima bean (P/ciseolus hinatus), A'J, 174, 



nea). 138, 283, 308 



Jones. G. A., 178. 



Jua [Zizi/ilnis Jo)i?.eiro), 391. 



Jujube tree ^Zi.iphus Jvjul'a), '■<9\. 



Jmiiperus cedrns, 174, 175. 



— pachyphloea (silvery-leaved juni- 

 per), 79. 



Jnvenile education and employment, 

 249. 



195, 231. 



— beans, experiment.-- witli in St. 

 Vincent, 5 22. 



Lime cultivation in British East Africa, 

 69. 



— juice factory, British Guiana, 169 



— — on the London Market, 63, 159 

 191, 223 25"., 335, 367, 399. 



oil, new method in production of, 

 41. 



— — on the London market, 19, 95. 

 K. 159, 223, •.iS7, 335, 367. 



— produc's, improvement in manufac- 

 '' ture of. 279. 



— trade, green, of Dominica, •"•76 

 Kafir (Andropognn so}yftuii' i, protein Lime.-', pickled, export of from Dom- 



compounds in, 37. inica, 364. 



li&goxi (R/iyiiac/ietusJiiLatui), 131. ■■ — . process of pickling, 364. 



Kapok, use of in manufacture of life Limestone, influence on crop yield, 315. 



preservers, 92. Litchi [/.iichi chiiitwis), 19. 



Kelp, potash manufactured from, 103. Live stock in Trinidad, how to increase, 

 ' Kew Bulletin ', issue of, to be eon- the breeding of, 60. 



tinned, 284. — — industry in Canada in 191-5-16, 



— — , su.speusion of, 217. 195. 



Khaya senegalensis (African mahogany), — — , plants poisonous to, 345. 



175. Lobsters, poisonous, 79. 



Kitson, A. K. 13. Local foodstuffs, efforts to produce, 294. 



Kokia llockii, 174, 175 Lodoicea maldivica (Coco-de-mer or coco- 



Kola on the London market, 15,63,95. des-Maldives), 7. 



143, 159, 191, 22.3, 255, 2b7. 335, Lo.earithm.-. 20O 



399. 

 K' knri [Alrurifes nii'lucnnta). I'.t. 



L. 



Labour conditions in Porto Rico, 7('. 

 L»i:d settlcmetit in Antijiua. 2" I. 



Logwood, rise in price of, 91. 

 Long-continued inbreeding, experiment 



in, 191. 

 — staple cotton in 1915-16, lib. 

 Loss of fertilizers by leaching, 281. 

 Luffa oylindrica (' strainer vine'*, 333. 

 Luxury, what is it f 72. 

 r,ycopersicum esculentum, 293. 

 Lvoiis (international) fair, 1917, 217. 



M. 



Macadamia ternitolia (t^ueen.^land nut), 

 175. 



Mace on the London market, 15. 63^ 

 143, 159. 



Machine for eradicating weeds by burn- 

 ing, 329. 



Machinery, use of in cultivating land, 

 383. 



Madagascar bean (P/iaseoluii htnatits),. 

 further note on, 231. 



— beans in St. I^ucia, 195- 

 Madras, coconut cultivation in, 316. 

 Madre del cacao (Gliriculia maculaia)^ 



125. 

 ' Mahoe cochon ' or ' stave wood ' (Ster- 



cidia C'iribaca), 308. 

 Mahogany {Sinetenia Mahiuioni), 95. 

 Mahua or Mhowra tree, manufacture of 



motor spirit from, 237. 

 Mahwa tree (Bn'tiia latifolvi), 2S2- 

 Maize kernel, food value' of, 236. 



— products, 391. 



— , Khodesian, purchase of by the Im- 

 perial Government, 168. 



Making of coco-nut butter, 260. 



Mango ( i/a7(.'/jVm( indica), 25. 



Mangoes, grafted, in Enst Africa, 411. 



Mangosteen {Gcriinia Mangostatia), 174. 



Mangrove cuckoo (Coccy.us minor nesi- 

 otes), 250. 



Manihot utilissima (cassava), 253. 



Manufacture of lime products, improve- 

 ment in, 279. 



Manure, use of in Dominica, 47. 



— , molasses as, 313. 



— , wastage in, 259. 



Manures, effect of, on composition and- 

 quality of oranges, 107. 



Manuring of coconuts, 83. 



Market prices, average, record of, 155. 



— Reports, 16, :I2, 48 64,80,96,112, 

 128. 144, 160, 176. 192, 208, 224, 

 240, 256, 272, 288. 304, 320, 336, 

 .352, 368, 384, 400- 41ti. 



Marking nut (Semecarpits 'tuacardium), 



174. 

 Mauritia tlexuosa (/Eta palm), 187. 

 Mauritius, camphor oil from, 317. 

 • — ; sugar industry in 1917, 236. 

 Meat, fresh fruits and vegetables as sub- 

 stitutes lor, 393. 

 Mechanical tillage in r.ritish Guiana, 



progress of, 44. 

 Mellinis minutiflora (molasses grass), 



297- 

 Mercury, freezing point of, 252- 

 Methods for destroying cockroaches. 



236. 

 Mica schist, a possible source of pitash, 



28. 

 Mice, poisoned bait for, 236. 

 Milk adulteration in the Leeward 



Islands, •_'5. 



