512 



COCOA 



Manabi cocoa (commercial), 482 

 management of the land after the 



clearing of the forest, 98 

 mancha, 300 

 Mangifera indica, 99 

 Mango tree, 99 

 Manihot Glaziovii, 100, 400 

 Manihot utilissima. See cassava 

 manures (list of most important), 169 

 manuring, 165 : Ecuador, 299 ; San 



Thome, 318 ; Grenada, 358, 359 ; 



Guadeloupe, 364 ; Ceylon, 400 ; 



Java, 420 

 manuring experiments, 171 ; golden 



rules, 172 



Maracaibo, 369, 486, 493 

 Maracaibo cocoa (commercial), 486 

 Marasmius equicrinus, 236, 253 

 marcotting, 136, 144 

 marketable bean, 482 ; analysis, 33, 35 

 market prices : in Europe and America, 



493 ; in Grenada, 361 ; in Surinam, 



469 ; in Nicaragua, 471, 493, 497 

 Martinique, 363, 364 ; historical, 6, 



11 ; soil analysis, 23 

 Mayfarth's patent dryer, 21 9 

 Mayotte, 366 

 Melia dubia, 100 

 mendjangan, 287 

 Mesua ferrea, 100 

 Mexico, 472; historical, 1 

 mice, 132 

 mijagua, 298, 373 

 Mimusops balata, 202 

 Mitscherlich (corpuscules of), 482 

 mole-cricket, 126, 131, 231, 261, 462 

 molinillo, 474 



Monohammus fistulator, 236, 269 

 Monohammus ruspator, 269, 394 

 Montserrat, 362 

 Morinda citrifolia, 100 

 Morris's classification, 67 

 mosquilla, 238, 278, 300 

 moubin, 332 

 mountain-cabbage, 332 

 mouse, 132 



movable roofs for dry ing, 217 

 mulching, 169, 171, 175, 177, 178 

 mungoose, 287, 364 

 muntjak, 287 

 Musaceae as weeds, 157 

 Mycoderma aceti, 205 

 myrabolam, 343 



Myristica fragrans. See nutmeg 

 Myristica laurifolia, 100 

 Myroxylon Pereirae, 472 



naphthalin, 132 



nauclero, 342. See also Erythrina 

 umbrosa 



Necator decretus, 251 

 Nephelium lappaceum, 283 

 New Caledonia, 366 

 New York, 490 

 Nicaragua, 475 

 Nicaragua Criollo, 77, 477 

 nitrification, 161 

 nitrifying bacteria, 161 

 nitrogenous manures, 169, 175 

 nurseries, 125, 128 



nutmeg, as intercrop, 116, 153 ; not 

 used as addition to the cocoa, 377 



Ochroma piscatoria, 293 



Ocroplant, 266 



Oecodoma cephalotes, 132, 345. See 



also parasol ant 

 oil-palm, 322, 387, 392 

 Old Red Ceylon, 74 

 Oreodoxa, 332, 446 

 Ormocarpum sennoides, 115 

 Orthocraspeda trima, 238, 280 

 ovary of the cocoa-flower, 52 



Pachira aquatica, 265 



palanca, 301 



palo de balsa, 293 



palo de leche, 298 



palo prieto, 298, 299 



Papilionaceae, as weeds, 257 



Para, 306 ; historical, 7 



Para cocoa (commercial), 484 



Para Maranhao, 485 



Para rubber. See Hevea brasiliensis 



paraffin method for preserving cocoa- 

 fruits, 105 



parasol ant, 132, 345, 461 



pataste. See Theobroma bicolor 



patch-budding, 140 



Pelargoderus bipunctatus, 236, 269 



Peltophorum ferrugineum, 99 



pen manure, 169, 420. See also farm- 

 yard manure 



pepper as intercrop, 153 



Persea gratissima, 322 



Peru, 480 



Peru guano, 169 



pests. See insect pests 



picking, 192: Ecuador, 301; San Thome, 

 323 ; Trinidad, 345 ; Venezuela, 

 374 ; San Domingo, 380 ; Surinam, 

 455 



pigeon pea. See Cajanus indicus 



pink disease, 236 



Piptadenia africana, 387 



Pithecolobium Saman, 99, 148, 299, 

 343, 373, 391 



pito, 476 



plantain for temporary shade, 110, 446 



plant-holes, 127 ; San Thome, 319 



