200 INDEX 



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Planting estimates; Philippines, 49 ; F.M.S., 58 ; Micronesia 



G.E.A., 60; West Africa, 61 ; Ceylon 64 



Planting out, best system; importance of watering 73 



Rhynchophorus ferrugineus 113 



Khynchophorus palmarum Ill 



Root : its narcotic properties, 19 ; root diseases 99, 102, 103 

 Rubber compared with coconuts, 21 ; their total dissimilarity 22 

 Scientific and native planting ... ... ... ... ... 67 



Seed nuts : their importance ; care needed in selection, 84 ; 

 their age, size, colour and shape ; estates that furnish 

 best seed nuts ; exceptional size not desirable, 85 ; quali- 

 ties of the best nuts ; how to select nuts ; must be ripe ; 

 how natives test nuts ; how to gather them ; danger of 

 cracked kernels ; " curing " to eliminate water, 86 ; 

 how to " cure " nuts ; danger of germination by heat ; 

 buy 25 to 50 per cent, more nuts than needed ; how seed is 

 lost ; reasons for losses ; how to transport seed nuts, 

 important to avoid damage ; use of donkeys, bamboo 

 stretchers, etc., 87 ; the germinating core ; danger of 

 pests, 88 ; seed nuts from Penang, Province Wellesley, 

 Kuala, Selanger, Kuala Langat and Lower Perak ... 90 



Seed selection, 87 ; L. C. Brown on importance of 89 



Soil, alluvial loam ; liberal supply of humus needed ; sand 



and heavy clay soils unsuitable, 25 ; how to tell fertility 26 



Sol (Abraham), Resident Provincial Governor 164 



Soya bean and coconut 



Stem, its various uses, 17 ; stem-bleeding disease 99, 104, 105 



Stump, foods made from 18 



Tahiti, fertile coconut island ; immense exports, coconuts 



and copra 52 



Tuamotus Archipelago, shipments of copra, etc 53 



West Africa, advantages for coconut planting, 27 ; develop- 

 ment of industry, 35 ; former neglect ; illimitable supply 

 of palms; work under native control; government 

 encouragement of industry, 36; Lever Brothers' 

 1,000,000 coconut plantations ; favourable climate ; 

 superior products, 37 ; cheap labour ; outside hurricane 

 belt, 38 ; detailed cost of coconut estate 61 



