4-2b 



Philippines, food supply of the, 101. 



— . sugar exports from, 220. 



Phoenix dactylifera (date palm), 130 



Phosphate deterininations of Hawaiian 

 soils, 103. 



Phyllanthus acida (' Groselha,' or goose- 

 berry), 119. 



Physical basis oi biological characters, : 

 30ft. j 



Phytelephas macrocarpa. 8. I 



Pigeon pea {Cojaiiiis iiu/iiiis), 22. 78- 



— — , cnltivation in Montserrat, 

 3S. I 



Pig-keeping, open-air, 136. 



Pig-raising in Cuba, 9. ' 



Pigs, economic feeding of ■ 315. ' 



— , palm kernel cake as food for, 62. 



— , Poland-China breed, prolific char- 

 acter of. 268. 



Pigweed {Amaraiilhits .-pp \ 330- 



Pilocarpus racemosiis, alkaloid extrac- 

 tions from leaves of, 43. 



Pimento on the London market, 63, 159, 

 191, 223, 2^7. 335, 367, 399. 



Pineapple guava ( Ftijim St//i'^t'ia>i(i), 

 411. 



■ — plants, yellow, spraying with iron 

 sulphate solutions, )57. 



— seedlings. 415. 

 Pineapples, or ' abacaxi,' 119. 

 Pipipie or ' Hawk-beater ' ( T\ rniinii^ ros- 



trafi/s), 309. 

 Piteira fibre, 76. 

 Pithecolobium Sanian (Jani;iica shade 



tree), 95, 310. 

 Plant conditions, method of recording 



comparisons, 29. 



— importation into St. Lucia, 174- 

 Plantation rubber- quality oi'. 343. 

 Planters, co-operation among 322. 

 Plant Diseases and Funjjus Xote> : — 



Aschersonia cubensis, 94. 

 Bacterial diseases of toraatoe.- in )St. 

 Vincent. 414. 



— fruit rot, 411. 

 iv.ccterium (I'lacillus) solanai-earum, 



414. 

 Black fungus (M.riuih^ium i(nrioci), 

 283. 



— melano.se, dark greasy spot, 1 12. 

 Potrytis gummosis, 142. 

 — • rileyi, 42 



Bracket fungi of lime|trees. 334. 350- 

 Ct-phalosporium disea.-e of sugarcane, 



1.58. 



— lecanii (scale fungus), 151. 



— sacchari. 14. 

 Citrus canker, 14. 



— in South Africa, 7."^. 

 diseases in Cuba, 142. 

 ( iadosporium citri (senb or verrucosis), 

 142. 



< 'i ccobacillus acridiorum, 107. 



< 'nllar disease of pigeon peas, 78. 

 (.'olletotrichnni gloeosporioidos, 142. 

 Control of daraping-ort", 244, ' 



142.1—, 



mu.s 

 331, 



Plant Diseases and Fungus Notes {Con- 

 tinued): — 



Cytospora sacchari. 14. 

 l>ark greasy spot, black melanose, 142 

 Diplodia rot (Diplndia iiatalciish\ 142 

 Dissemination of angular leaf spot of 



cotton, 190. 

 Eremothecium cymbalariae, 318. 

 ' Foot rot ' or Mai di gomma, 142. 

 Fungus parasites ot insects (.-iee Ento- 



mogenous Fungi). 

 Gloeosporium Limetticolum (wither 



tip of limes) 142. 

 Cfreen muscardine fungus (^1/;A(/- 



rhlzltim anisopliai), 90, 94, 251, 



331, 367. 

 Hemiieia vastatrix, 123. 

 Internal disease of cotton bolls in the 



West Indies, 318. 

 Leaf spot (Mycuidca panisitiia').^ 

 Mai di gomma or ' foot rot ', 142 

 Marasmius Sacchari, 126, 158, 

 Melanconium Sacchari, 62. 

 Melanose IJViomopsis ri/ri), 142. 

 Metarrhizium anisopliae (green 



cardine fungus), 90, 94, 251, 



367. 

 Micrococcus nigrofaciens, 219, 331. 

 Mycoidea parasitica (leaf spot), 142. 

 Myriaugium duriaei (black fungus), 



283. 

 Ophionectria coccicola, 94. 

 Phomopsis citri (' stem-end rot' or 



melanose), 142. 

 Pod disease of Hevea {I'lniophtlicra 



Fak-ri), 149. 

 Poisoning a coco-nut palm, 78. 

 Porto Rico cane disea.=e ; comparisons, 



302. 

 Preliminary trials with Ciicao thrip.' 



fungus. 94- 

 Pseudomonas citri. 14, 78. 

 Pj'thiacj'stis citrophthora, 142. 

 — gummosis, 1 42. 

 Pythium de Baryanum, 5. 

 Redheaded fungus (Spltacroitilbc 



coci('['hila), 283. 

 Red rot (Colktotrichi(iii fnlcatiim), 62. 

 Rind fungus of sugar-cane, 62. 

 Scab or verrucosis {Clrtdosporiiim 



dtri), 142. 

 Scale fungus {dpli'ilospotiiim kcaiiii), 



151. 

 Soil fungi and their activities, 46. 

 Sphaerostilbe coccophila (red-headed 



fungus), 283. 

 Sporotrichura globuliferuni,24, 155. 

 Status and treatment of coco-nut bud- 

 rot, 30. 

 'Stem end rot' or Melanose {Phomopsis 



ii/ri), 142. 

 Stilbum spp.. 334. 

 Sugarcane diseases in Pcrto Rico. 



158. 286. 

 Summary of notes on fungi and plant 



diseases, 14. 



Plant Diseases and Fungus Notes {Con- 



eluded): — 



Survey of the year 1916, 126. 



Trichoderma Koningi, 46. 



L'stulina zonata, 14. 



Verticillium heterocladum. 94. 



Wither- tip of limes {Glocosponuyn 

 Limetticoiiim), 142. 



Zygorhynchus Vuilleminii, 46. 

 Plant distribution from Antigua in 



1915-16, 108. 



— — in St. Lucia, 60. 



— growth, methods of increasing, 177, 



— importations, Antigua, 175. 



— — , Dominica, 174. 



— — , St. Lucia, 174. 



— — , St. A'incent, 174. 



— protection in St Lucia, 377. 

 Plants, gassing of, 1: 



green, intiuence of carbohydratea- 

 on, 158. 



— grown in sand cultures, ISO. 



— in the St. Vincent Botanic Gardens,, 

 notes on, 79. 



— , insecticidal, from the tropics, 281. 



— of New Caledonia, 131. 



— packed in ict for transportation, 329, 



— poisonous to live stock. 345. 



— , root systems of, in connexion with 



drought resistance, 24. 

 — , seeds and currents in the West 



Indies and Azores, 1 55. 

 — , senile decay in. 111. 

 Poisonous fishes in the West Indies, 187. 



— lobsters, 79. 



Poland-China breed of pigs, prolific 



character of, 268. 

 Pomegranate, the neglected, 291. 

 Porto Rican blackbird or ' mosambiciue', 



U/c/iii/if/sia/t's bmchyptcnis, 250. ! ^ 



— — sugar-cane crop, 82. 



Porto Rico, agricultural conditions in, 

 277. 



— — , — progress in. 211. 



— • — , Annatto in, 103. 



— — , efforts to raise hybrid vanillas 

 in, 92. 



! — — , forests of, l."-9. 



I — — , labour conditions in, 70. 



; — — . sugar crop of 1917, 412. 



Portulacca oleracea ('pussly'), 349. 



Potash, banana stalks as a source of, 

 300. 



— content of certain trees, plants and 

 shrubs, 79. 



— fertilizers manufactured from fel« 

 spars, 137. 



— from kelp, 403. 



I — , mica schist a possible source of, 28. 



— salts, cessation of trade in, 60. 



I — — , production of from olive oil 

 residue, 12. 



— supplied by farmyard manure, 165. 

 Potassic manure, seaweed a .source of, 62. 



I Potatoes, cultivation of in the West 

 Indies, 307. 



