IV. 



Page. 

 Ramoon, analysis of 247 



Rice, cultivation of, in United 



States 175 



" irrigation of, in Louisiana 

 and Texas 178 



" irrigation of in the Carolinas 

 and Georgia 176 



" meal, analysis of 247 



Royal Palm, Uses of in ' uba 138 



Saccharum officinarum, botanical 



note 

 Shade for Coffee and Cocoa 

 Sarcoptes Mange 

 Sheep manure 

 Shore, Joseph, on yield of Cane 



varieties at Cinnamon Hill 

 Soil problems in Jamaica 

 Soil temperature 



control by under-draining 

 formation of nitrates . 

 germination 



influence of chemicil changes 

 influence of colour 

 infl ence of evapora^on 

 influence of rains 

 influence of thorough prepara- 

 tion of seed-bed 

 influence of topography 

 root pressure 

 table showing influence of 

 rapid evaporation 

 .:>pauish Needle (Bidens leucantha), 

 analysis of. 



19 



124 

 190 



148 



174 

 40 

 171 

 173 

 171 

 171 

 172 

 171 

 172 

 172 



173 

 172 

 171 



173 



246 



Starchy Products and Cereal Grains, 

 A new method of treating, 38 



Stenotaphrum americauum, analy- 

 sis of, . 244 



Sugar Cane, botanical note 19 



" " experiments in British 



Guiana . 50 



Sugar Cane Soils of Jamaica, 



Analyses of . 78 



Page. 

 St. Ann — Llandovery 108 



St. Catherine — Caymanas 



Estate . 8^^ 



St. Elizabeth— Holland Estate 90 

 St. Jnmes — Cinnamon Hill 99-103 

 St. Thomis -Albion Estate 79 



" Plantain Garden 



Hiver District . 77 



Trelawuy— Vale Royal Estate 106 

 Vere . 80 



" Amity Hall Estate 8t 



" Carlisle Estate (Money- 

 musk) . 88 

 Westmoreland — A. . 97 

 Westmoreland — B. . 97 

 " M©unt Regale 98 

 Sugar production, tables of 51 

 Sunflower . Ill 

 Sweet Potatoes, insect pest of 175 



Tables of sugar production , 5 1 



Tea — History of in Jamaica. 151 

 Theiler, Dr., on contagious skin 



diseases of the horse . 189 

 Thomson, Robsrt, on Cassava from 



Colombia . 37 



Trichomanes solitarum . 116 



Trophis americana, analysis of 247 



Underwood, Dr. L. M., on new spe- 

 cies of Jamaican Ferns . 136 



Verne, Prof., on Cinchona culture 

 in India and Java . 1 59 



Wasp, Burrowing . 2.52 

 Watts, Hon. Francis — tables of 



sugar production . 51 



Weevil, Orange . 34,251 



[Issued 21st Dec, 1903.] 

 Printed at the Oovt. Printing Office, Kingston, Jain. 



