ii>^i3c:x. 



Acanthephippium javanicum, 44. 

 ,, sylhetense 443. 



Acidity of soil, 258. 

 Agromyza on beans, 263. 

 Albizzia moluccana, germination of, 



157. 

 Alocasia antiquorum, a rare of, 13. 

 Angsana tree, disease of, 197. 

 Anthophora on fiowera, 174. 

 Apis on flowers, 166- 

 Aphelenchus on coconuts, 259. 

 Areca, account of, 252. 



,. catechu, 294. 

 Arthrophyllum in jungle, 157. 

 Attalea jCohune, an account of, 482 



,, excelsa, 434. 

 xVvocado pear in the Gardens, 100. 



B 

 Bananas, 209. 

 Bamboos, 210 

 Bactrocera cucurbitae, 432. 

 Bacteria, soil-, 2G1. 

 Bean, Lima-, pest of, 11, 205. 

 ., trials of, 238. 

 „ ,, attacked by Agromyza, 



263. 

 Bean, Sword-, trial of, 300. 

 Beans, trial of. 11. 121. 

 Bertholietia excelsa, 436. 



,, nobilis, 436. 



Betel palm, 294. 

 Bees on fallen flowers, 169. 



„ on flowers, 166. 

 Birds on flowers, 176. 

 Bimlipatam jute, 441. 

 Botanic Gardens, a'-ea required for, 



445. 

 Botanic Gardens, history of, 306 

 Botanic Gardens, number of, in 



world, 445 

 Botanic Gardens, Singapore, divided 



into areas, 104, 105 

 Botanic Gardens, Singapore history 



of, 55, 93 

 Botanic Gardens, Singapore, plants 



introduced into. 137 

 Botanic reserve in Luzon, 445. 

 Brazil nut tree, 435. 

 Bronthispa froggattii, 3. 

 Brown rot of Solanaceae, 304. 

 Bud-rot, coconut, 208. 

 Bulbophyllum limbatum, 441. 

 Butterflies on flowers, 175. 



Canavalia ensiformis, -300. 

 Cantley, N., 101. 

 Carica papaya, pollen of, 206. 

 Cardamoms in the Gardens, 100. 

 Cassia bicapsularis, poisonous, 261.. 

 Castor oil, 264, 282. 



,, ,, plant, diseases of 304. 

 Catochrysops pandaTa, 1. 

 Cavanagh, Governor 0., 55. 

 Cercospora personata, 12. 

 Chrysil rubber, 307. 

 China, blue dyes of, 428. 

 Chrysothamnus nauseosus, 307. 

 Citrus decumana, polyembryony in,. 



258. 

 Coconut palm bud rot, 208. 



,, ,, Promecotheca on, 3. 



,, ,, Plesispa on, 3. 



,, ,, races of, 143. 



,, ,, red-ring disease of, 259-. 



Cofiee in the Gardens, 100. 

 Cohune nut palm, 432. 

 Cola, account of, 74. 



,, nitida, fruit of, 306. 

 Competition among plants, 302. 

 Criocera, 6. 



Cryptocephalus, a pest of beans, 205. 

 Cycas, a pest of, 1. 

 Cypripedium exul, hybrid, 48. 



,, niveum, hybrid, 48. 



Damping-oS, control of, 51. 

 Dasheen, 13. 



Dendrobium crumenatum, flower- 

 ing of, 49. 

 Derris elliptica as an insecticide, 



192. 

 Dioscorea alata, 87. 



,, races of, 371, 129» 

 158. 



,, belophylloides, 90. 



,, cayenensis, 89. 439. 



,, daemona, 91. 



,, dumetorum, 90, 165,439 



,, esculenta, 159. 



,, hirsuta, 90. 



,, kegeliana, 158. 



,, pentaphylla, 92. 



,, pest of, 6. 



,, prehensilis, 89. 



,, rotundata, 439. 



,, triphyJia, 90. 

 Dye-plants, blue, 426. 



