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INDEX 



Lime, test for, 246-7 , assisting bacteria, 

 14, 1 6, 23, 250; controlling soil 

 acidity, 14, 96, 250 ; improving clay 

 soils, 12-14, 2 52; peaty soils, 252 ; 

 rendering potash, etc., available, 12, 

 250; use in Forties, 262, 265 



Lining of nurseries, 80-2 ; of fields, 92 



Loam, ii 



Longevity of trees, 125 



Lump-rubber, 133, 137, 188, 191, 195, 

 195-6, 198, 199 



Lyne's remarks on planting distances, 

 117-8 



MACERATING-MILL, 188-9, 195 



Machinery, ^ 184-202 ; position, 292 ; 

 marvels in, 184-5 motive power, 

 182-3. See Mills 



Malay language, 299 



Malaya. See Federated Malay States 



Manufacture of rubber, 188-202 ; changes 

 taking place in methods, 21 1 ; cheapen- 

 ing of methods, 213-4; financial 

 aspect, 214-5 



Manures, 244-52; need for, 250-1; 

 application, 249, 252 ; artificial, 249 ; 

 cattle, 249-50; green, 12,227,231-5, 

 236, 252; organic, effect of, on bacteria. 

 23 



Marking trees for tapping, 149, 150, 



155 . 



Measuring distances, aids in, 296-7, 

 298; measuring girth, 285-6, 286 



Medullary rays, 38-9 



Michie-Golledge coagulator, 135, 138 



Mills, washing, position, 187, 187-8; 

 foundations, 187 ; horse-power neces- 

 sary, 1 86 ; method of driving, 201-2 ; 

 gearing, 193; output, 200; macerat- 

 ing, 188-9, 195 ; creping, 188-90, 

 I 9 2 -3I95; finishing, 190-1 ; sheeting, 

 191 ; spare, 200 



Mimosa, as weed-covering and green 

 manure, 232-4 ; nodules on roots, 21-2, 

 232 



Mineral food in soil. See Soil and Food 



Monkey-jacks, for removing roots, 67 ; 

 costs, 74 



Monkeys as pests, 281 



Mono-rail, 181 



Motive power, 182-3 



NAME of estate on rollers, 212 



Nitrate, 249 



Nitrogen, active agent in protoplasm, 



248 ; amount in air, 248 ; acted 



on by lightning, 248 

 in soil, 17, 19-zo, 247, 248-9; loss 



in water-logged soil, 59-60 ; 



elaborated by bacteria, 17, 19- 



20, 21-22, 23, 24, 232, 248-9 ; 

 manures, 249 ; in mimosa, 232 

 Nodules, bacterial, on roots, 21-2. 



232 

 Number of trees per acre, table for 



calculating, 107-8 



Nurseries. 80-4 ; advantages, 87 ; lining, 

 80-3 ; shade, 83 ; watering, 83-4. 

 See Germination 



OBSERVATION trees, 285 

 Organization of a tree, 38 

 Outfit for East, hints regarding, 299-300 

 Overlapping, 159, 160 

 Oxygen exchange in leaves, 38, 44, 46-9 ; 

 need of bacteria for, 12, 20 



PACKING and cases, 216-7 



Palisades to prevent soil-wash, 241 



Passiflora as weed-covering, 231 



Peaty soil, lime for, 252 



Permanganate of potassium, 126-7 



Pests, 275-80 



Fetch on pruning lower branches, 169- 

 70 



Phosphoric acid, 9, 247, 248; manures, 

 249. See Basic Slag 



Phytophthora. See Canker 



Pigs, wild, as pests, 281 



Pineapples as catch-crop, 76, 282-3 



Pink disease, 265-70 



Plant-food. See Food 



Plantation rubber compared with fine 

 hard Para, 214-5 ; early method of 

 preparation, 209 



Planting distances, 107-25 ; need for long 

 view, 116; on poor and rich 

 soils, 108 ; on flat and hilly land, 

 1 08- 1 1 ; of coconuts, 113-4 ; false 

 analogy with natural conditions, 

 115-6; governmental action, 124; 

 yields and, 114, 116-7; i n 

 nursery, 80-3. See Close-plant- 

 ing and Wide-planting 



out, 88-99 i n clumps of three, 123 ; 



in avenues, 123 ; season for, 99. 

 See Stumps, Holes, Direction 



Ploughing, utility of, 224, 228 ; hot- 

 weather ploughing in India, 15 



Ploughs, disc, 224 ; bullock, 225 



Poeterans, 84 



Poisonous excretions of roots, 15-16 



Porcelain cups, 177 



Porcupines, as pests, 281 



Posts for marking estate divisions, 56 



Potassium, 247, 248 ; manures, 249 ; 

 and canker and burrs, 252 



Poultice for wounds, 126-7 



Pricker, 145 



Protective shields for trees during burn- 

 ing, 72-4 



