INDEX 



Bamber, Kelway, Mr., 36 

 Biffen, Dr., 66 

 Blikrodea Tonkinensis, 136 

 Brazil, Plantations in, u; Largest 

 tree, 26; Ceara, 49; output, 143 

 B'tinga, 135 



Cameron, Mr. J., 64 



Carter, Sir G. T., 102 



Castilloa, 19, 43, 78, 92 ; disappoint- 

 ing, 94; where it differs from 

 others, 96; the only coagulant, 

 96-7; as wind belt, 99 



Catch crops (see Interplanting), 

 Chinese and, 120 



Coconuts as catch crop, 126 



Coffee as catch crop, 123-4 



Cost of preparing and planting, 41, 



137-9 



Cotton as catch crop, 124-5 

 Cross, Mr., 14, 26, 47, 49, 50, 51, 



66, 94 

 Cuttings, propagation by, 26 



Funtumia elastica, 100; not a Kick- 

 xia, 101 ; tapping and coagulation, 

 104-105 ; failure as an alien, 107- 

 108; popular on the Ivory Coast, 

 in the Cameroons and Uganda, 

 108; future, 141 



Gambier, as catch crop. 123 

 Glaziow, Dr., 49 

 Guayule, 130-1 



Hancornia (see Mangabeira) 



Heneratgoda Giant, 42 



Hevea Brasiliensis on Eastern 

 Plantations, 12; Ceylon Forest 

 Circular, 1888, 15; early tapping 

 experiments, 16, 23; Mr. Herbert 

 XVright's experiments, 38; v. 

 Manihot Glaziovii, 19, 74; as 

 rubber producer in alien lands, 21 ; 

 planting, 44; future, 141-2 



Hooker, Sir Joseph, n 



Howard, Esme*, Mr., 66 



Denton, Captain, 102 

 Diseases, 19-20, 27, 46, 140 



Ecanda, 135 



Ficus elastica, 85, 86, 87; seed, 88; 

 tapping, 88, and Gastav Mann, 

 89, in India, New Caledonia and 

 elsewhere, 89-91 



Ficus Vogleii, 85, 86, 87 



Fitting, Dr., 33, 34 



India, rubber growing in, 12, 22, 

 23; M. Glaziovii in, 64; Ficus 

 Elastica, 89, 91 



Interplanting, 24, and Manihot. 55, 

 119-126; not recommended, 127 



Jelutong, 131-4 



Jequie" (see Manihot Dichotoma) 



Kew, n, 13, 14, 22, 23, 26, 40, 47, 

 4 8, 49, 91, 94, 102, 135 



