INDEX 



Aburi, Meteorological observa- 

 tions at, 13, 14 ; experiments 

 in budding cocoa trees at, 39 



Adenanlhera pavonina, or red san- 

 dal-wood, 23 



Adoretus umbrosus, a beetle, 85 



Adulteration, substances em - 

 ployed in, 178 



Aeration in fermentation, 127 



Africa, West, cocoa cultivation in, 

 13; fermenting experiments, 135 

 et seq. ; commercial valuation 

 of samples, 140 et seq. ; market 

 prices of cocoa, 145 ; washing 

 cocoa, 153 ; yields, 163 ; cost 

 of production, 165 



Albizzia Lebbek, timber tree, 23 



Albizzia moluccana, timber tree 

 used for shade, 30, 31 ; fungus 

 on, 101 



Albuminous matters, 172 



Alkaloids, 172 



Amelonado pequeno (see also 

 Theobroma) variety of cocoa, 7, 

 8 ; results of manurial experi- 

 ments, 74; weights of, 128; 

 in West Africa, 135 ; results of 

 fermentation, 147 



America. See United States 



America, Tropical yield and ex- 

 penditure of cocoa in, 161 



Ammonia, Carbonate of, as a 

 fungicide, 113 ; Sulphate of, as 

 a cocoa manure, 68 et seq. 



Amygdala pecuniarce cocoa beans 

 used as money, 1 



Animal Pests, 79 et seq. 



Anona muricata, Sour Sop, used 

 as a wind-break, 23 



Aphis, plant lice, 86 



Arceocerus coffece, a small beetle, 

 159, 160 



Ariba, weight and chemical ex- 

 amination of cured cocoa beans 

 in, 167, 168 ; analyses of the 

 kernels of cured cocoa in, 171 



12* 179 



Armillaria mellea, a root fungus, 



109 



Arnott's cocoa manure, 70 

 Artocarpus incisa, Bread fruit, used 



as a wind-break, 23 

 Artocarpus integrifolia, Jak fruit, 



used as a shade tree, 32; sap 



used to catch insects, 83 

 Asterolecanium spp. scale, an 



insect pest, 88 

 At ta cepalotes and octospinosa, 



Parasol ants, insect pests, 88 

 Aublet, M., Plantes de la Guiane, 



132 

 Australia, consumption of cocoa 



in, 3 

 Austria-Hungary, consumption of 



cocoa in, 3 

 Avocado pear, Persea gratissima, 



used as a shade tree, 32 



Babricon bean (Canavalia sp.) t 



green manuring experiments, 



63 

 Bahia, cocoa production in, 11, 



161 ; weight and chemical ex- 

 amination of cured beans, 167, 



168, 170 

 " Balais de Sorci^re," or Tophorina 



Buasei, a fungus disease, 112 

 Bamboo, giant, Banibusa arundi- 



nacea, 22 

 Bananas or plantains, Muaa spp., 



32 

 Bancroft, H., on "Die-back" and 



" Brown-pod " disease, 99 

 Bannister, Mr., on clayed cocoa, 



156 

 Barbados bean, green manuring 



experiments, 63 

 Barrett, on the fungus parasite, 



107 

 Basic slag, manurial experiment 



with, 68 et seq. 

 Beans, Cocoa, selection of, 35 



packing and transport of, 36 



