427 



Milk, goat's, 215. 



— , pure, supply of, "237 



Mineral industry of the jielgian Congo, 



b(. 



Minor industries of Montserrat, progress 

 in. 43. 



' — — — St. Vincent, progress 



in. 2i\ 



iMistaken notions about botanical gard- 

 ens, 329. 



Mola.sses as a fertilizer, 201. 



— — — — for cane land, 

 179. 



-" — manure, 313. 



— — a .source of industrial alco- 

 hol, 31'.". 



— , exportation of from the West 



Indies, 227. 

 - — grass (Mellinis iiiinutiflorn), 297. 

 Molybdenum ore in Virgin Gorda, 28. 

 Momordica Charanlia (balsam apple or 



maiden apple), 333- 

 Mongoose, fowl-eating propensities of, 



283. I 



— in Barbados, 206. ' 

 Monodora tenuifolia (( )ichid Flower 



tree), 174. 

 Montserrat, area under cotton. 191617, 



214. \ 

 ■ — , bay oil industry of, 43. 

 — , Datura Melel growing in, 263. 

 — , experiments with beans in, 12- 

 ^ — — peas and beans 



at, 38. 

 -^, ground nut cultivation in, 4.! 



J Indian corn, cultivation of, 43. 



-^, items of local interest, 21, iJ2, 84, 



116,164, 196, 229, 26.3, 303, 324, 



37-1, 404. 

 -^, minor industries of, progress in, 43. 

 — , onion industry of, 43, 200. 

 — , papain industry of, 43. 

 ---, production of bay oil in, 12. 

 — , I'.angpur lime in, 12. 

 ;Motor plough, a light, o^>~. 

 ploughing in Kngland, 1()3. 



— spirit, manufacture of from the 

 mnhua or rahowra tree, 237. 



— tractors for sugar cane cultivation, 

 339. 



ilotor-tilling machine, ingenious contriv- 

 ance for working, 28. 

 Mucuna sp., 17-5. 

 Mulching, a new sy.stem of, 1 10. 

 Mules, examination of age in, 99. 

 Myrciaria cauliflora (.Jaboticaba), 174. 



N 



Names, scientific, changing, 127. 

 Xapiers fodder grass, or elephant grass 



(P-nifi'-tum pv.rpureuni), 12. 

 Natal grass (Tricholaena rofea), 381. 

 Native flour in Grenada, 125. 

 Navel orange, origin of, 20. 

 Nephelium Litchi (Litchi), 175. 



j Xevis, agricultural work in, 35. 

 — , growing of asparagus in, 55. 

 j — , items of local interest, 52, 75, 117, 

 132, 164, 180, 197. 262, 311, 324, 

 375. 

 New Caledonia, animals of, 131. 

 ' — --, plants of, 131. 



; — economie.s, 296. 



— industries in the Caicos Islands, 

 313. 



— method of killing weeds in cane 

 fields, 394. 



New York botanical garden, 7. 



— — , purchase of sugar in, 371, 

 Nicaragua Cacao shade tree, Madre del 



cacao, or 'Madura (O'liririifia miru- 

 lata), 79. 125. 



Nicotiana sylvestris, 188. 

 j — Tabacum, 188. 



Nigeria, agricultural departments of, lOl.'. 



— , agriculture in, 239. 



Nile Valley, fruit-growing in, 184. 



Nitrogen, absorption and loss nf, in con- 

 nexion with sugar estates, 19. 



— of the air, fixation of the, 393. 

 Nopalea coccinellifera, 7- 

 Norantea guianensis, 174- 



Nutmeas on the London market, 15, 63, 



143,^159, 335. 

 Nutritive value of sweet potatoes, 117. 

 Nyasaland. cotton crop of, 8<i. 



O. 



Obituary : — 



de Vilmi'rin, Philippe, 376. 

 Marsland, William, 188. 

 Miller, Dr. N. H. J.. 92. 

 Sauvage, Dr. Henri l-^mile. 76. 



Oil from rubber seeds, experimental pro- 

 duction of, 360. 



— yield of Florida oranges. 1 83. 



Oils, fixed, determining specific gravities 



of, 140. 

 Onion 'irowers' Association, Antigua, 



365. 

 Onion growing in .Vntiyua. 85. 



— industry of Barbados, 140. 



_ -_. _- Montserrat, 4.3, 260. 



— seed, production of, 169. 



Onions, attempts to grow out of season 



in Antigua, 109. 

 — , device for grading. 227. 

 Open air pig-keeping, 13<i. 

 Opisthocouius cristatus (the Hoatzin), 



156. 

 Orange, navel, origin of, 20. 



— peel, exhausted, employed as an 

 aperient, 76. 



Oranges, effect of manures on compo- 

 sition and quality of, 107. 



— , Florida, oil yield of, 183. 



Orchid Flower tree {Moiwdora fenui- 

 foli'i), 174. 



Organization, imperial and national, 105. 



— of local food supplies, 23. 



Origin and dispersal of the coco-nut 



palm, 396. 

 — of the navel orange, 20. 

 O.xyrhopus cloelia (the black cribo 



snake), 380. 



P. 



, Packing of egg-plants, 181. 



— , jiractical hints for, 227. 



Palm kernel cake as a feeding stuli'. 7, 

 : 172. 



— — — — food for pigs, 6"J. 

 Palmyra palm {Bfrnssiis flahclliformis) 



cultivation of, 163. 

 Panama hats, the making of, 187. 

 Pandanus Baptistii, 174. 

 Panicum barbinode (Para grass), 330. 



— maximum (Guinea grass), 297. 

 Papain industry of Montserrat, 43. 

 Papaw, Pajjaya, or ' inamao ' {Carica 



Papaya), 119, 139. 



— giown in tjueensland, 316. 

 — , ■ male,', fruiting of, 168. 



Paper manufacture, raw materials for, 

 possibly obtainable from West Indies, 

 348. 



Para gx&%^( Panicum /lar/'iiioiiv), 330. 



— rubber ( Hevca /irasiliciisis), ([uality 

 of. 340. 



Parasites, useful, elTort to introduce. 



382. 

 Parthenium argentatum. probable source 



ol rubber in United States, 2S. 

 Pasture converting to arable cultivation 



115, 1.53. 

 Peach trees in the tropics, 297, 

 Peanut oil, 389. 

 Pearls in coco-nuls, 120. 

 Pelargonium graveolens, 377. 

 Pellagra in Barbados, 245. 

 — , studies in connexion with, 270. 

 — , transmissibility of, 233. 

 — , transmission of liy Siiniiliuiii detin- 



itely disproved, 300. 

 Peltophorum ferrugineuni. 174 

 I'enicillium camemberti. 37. 

 Penni.-.etum purpureuni (elephant gras*", 



or Napier's fodder grass), 12. 

 Pepper grass {f.cpidiKm ■:i>xiiiin{iin>), 



349. 

 Perfume, Philippine shrub, 3y. 

 Perfumery not a luxury. 72. 

 Persea grati.ssima [americana] (avocado 



' abacate' or alligator pear), 119, 235 

 Petrol, alcohol as a substitute for, .325, 

 Phaseolus hiuatus (Lima beans), 42, 174, 



195, 231 



— mungo (woolly pyrol), (2. 

 Philadelphia and the West Indies, steam- 



,ship communication between, 222. 

 Philippine shrub perfume, 39. 



