INDEX 



183 



Jamaica, production of cocoa in, 

 3 ; budding of cocoa trees, 39 ; 

 methods of fermentation, 133 



Java, methods of cocoa fermenta- 

 tion, 135 ; market price of 

 cocoas, 145 ; yield of cocoa, 162 ; 

 weight and chemical examina- 

 tion of cured cocoa beans, 167, 

 168 ; proportion of shells and 

 mean weight of cocoa beans, 170 



Jones on results of approach- 

 grafting, 41 



Jumelle, M., on ash analyses of 

 20 - year old cocoa tree, 15; 

 analyses of the kernels of cured 

 cocoa, 169, 171 



Kainit, used as a cocoa manure, 



72 



Kandy, climate of, 13 

 Kernels of cured cocoa, analyses 



of, 171 

 Kerosene emulsion, preparation 



of, 91 



Lac insect, the, Tachardia Albizzice, 



88 

 Lampardius, analyses of the kernels 



of cured cocoa, 171 

 Lasiodiplodia, a fungus parasite, 



107 



Leaf-eating insects, 92 

 Lecani, 93 

 Leguminous trees, used as shade, 



30 et seq. 



Lichens on cocoa trees, 93 

 Lilac, Japanese, Melia Azedarach, 



as a wind-break, 22 

 Lime, necessity for, 64 ; manurial 



experiments, 68 et seq. 

 Linnaeus on Cocoa, 5, 6 

 Lisa Colorado, amarillo, and Ame- 



lonado, 7 



Liver of sulphur, used as a fungi- 

 cide, 113 

 Loew on action of oxidising 



enzymes, 122 et seq. 

 London Purple, for destruction of 



insects, 92 



Longicorn boring beetle, 85 

 Loranthus leptolobua, a vegetable 



parasite, 93 



Machalle cocoa, weight and chemi- 

 cal examination of cured cocoa 

 beans, 167, 168 



Mammee apple, Mammea ameri- 

 cana, used as a wind-break, 23 



Mango, Mangifera indica, used as 



a wind-break, 23 ; as a shade, 



32 



Manihot utilissima. See Cassava 

 Manioc. See Cassava 

 Manures, 53 et seq. ; reasons for, 



53 ; economical application of, 



54 ; experiments in, 55, 56, 66 

 et seq. ; animal, 57 et seq. ; 

 constituents of, 59 ; artificial, 

 60; vegetable, 60-64; lime, 

 64 



Maracaybo, climate, 13; chemical 

 examination of cocoa, 167, 168 



Marasmius equicrinus, a fungus, 

 112 



Marcano, his investigations in 

 Ceylon, 15 ; composition of 

 one acre of cocoa trees, 1 7 



Mealy bugs, Dactylopius 8pp., 86, 

 87 



" Medera " tree, Gliricidia tnacu- 

 lata, used as a shade tree, 31, 32 



Melia Azedarach. See Lilac, Jap- 

 anese 



Mexico, early use of cocoa in, 1 



Michelia Champaca, 23 



Mongoose, result in Martinique of 

 introduction of, 81 



Monkeys, their ravages on cocoa, 

 79 ' 



Montezuma's feasts, cocoa used 

 at, 1 



Mosquito blight, Helopeltis An- 

 tonii, life history of, 83 



Musa spp. See Bananas 



Musanga Smithii, used for shade, 

 32 



Nectria Bainii, a fungus disease, 



112 



Nectria sp., canker disease, descrip- 

 tion of, 96 et seq. 

 Netherlands, consumption of cocoa 



in, 3 

 Nicaragua, average yield of cocoa 



in, 161 

 Norway, consumption of cocoa in, 



3 

 Nurseries for young cocoa trees, 



37 

 Nutgrass, Cyperus bulbosus rotun- 



dus, a pernicious weed, 47, 48 



" Odum " timber tree, used for 



shade, 32 



Ohlendorff's cocoa manure, 68 

 Olivieri, Treatise on Cacao, 12 ; on 



fermentation, 131 ; on claying 



and polishing, 156 



