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INDEX 



Oniciderea amputator, twig girdler, 



insect pest, 86 

 Orchella weed, 93 

 Oxidising enzymes, action of, 



122-124 



Packing cocoa for export, 159 



Palm, Coco-nut, Cocos nucifera, 

 used as a wind-break, 22 



Palm, West African oil, Elaeis 

 guineensia, used for shade, 32 



Para, proportion of shells and mean 

 weight of cocoa beans of, 170 



Parasites, vegetable, 93 et seq. 



Parasol ants, Atta cepalotes and 

 octoapinoaa, insect pests, 88 



Paris green insecticide, 92 



Pen manure, 68 et seq. 



Penicillium ap., used in fermenta- 

 tion, 124 



Peraea gratissima, the Avocado 

 pear, used for wind-belts and 

 shade, 23, 32 



Peru, Conquest of, by Prescott, 1 



Phanerogams, flowering plants as 

 parasites, 78 



Phosphoric acid, used for manur- 

 ing, 71 



Phycopeltia flabelligera, an epi- 

 phyte, 93 



Phyaopua rubrocincta, a thrip 

 insect described, 85 



Phytophthora omnivora, black rot 

 of fruits, 108 



Pink disease, Corticium lilaco- 

 fuacum, 111 



Pithecolobium Samaan, tree used 

 for shade, 30, 31, 62, 67 



Plantains. See Bananas 



Plantations, how to lay out cocoa, 

 22 et seq. 



Planting cocoa, 45 et seq. 



Plaamopara viticola, " vine mil- 

 dew," 95 



Plotting out a plantation, 24 



Polishing cocoa, 156 



Pondicherry ground nut, compo- 

 sition of, 64 



Port-au-Prince, analyses of the 

 kernels of cured cocoa, 171 



Porto-Plata, proportion of shells 

 and mean weight of cocoa beans, 

 170 



Portugal, consumption of cocoa 

 in, 3 



Potash, nitrate and sulphate of, 

 used for manuring, 71 et seq. 



Potassium chloride and sulphate 

 solution, used for manuring, 72 



Prescott's Conquest of Peru, 1 



Preuss on fruiting age of cocoa 

 trees, 114; on fermentation, 

 132; on yield, 161 



Pruning, objects of, 49 et seq. 



Paeudo-Abaidia vulgar is, a cause of 

 fermentation, 124 



Paidium Quava. See Guava 



Public Advertiser, earliest intro- 

 duction of cocoa into England, 2 



Puccinia graminis. See Wheat- 

 rust 



Puerto - Cabello, proportion of 

 shells and mean weight of cocoa 

 beans, 170 ; analyses of kernels 

 of cured cocoa, 171 



Pycnidia, a parasite, life history 

 of, 101 



Pyrol, woolly, Phaseolus mungo, 

 63 



Physcia speciosa, an epiphyte, 93 



Quito, average rainfall at, 1 1 



Railways, Decauville, 119, 120, 



151 



Ramelinia, 93 

 Rats, 79 ; methods of destruction, 



80-82 



Reaping implements, 117 

 Resin wash and compound, 90, 91 

 Richelieu, Cardinal, reputed cured 



of disease by cocoa, 2 

 Ridenour on average weight of 



cured cocoa beans, 167 

 Roads, proper system of, 25 

 Root disease, 109 

 Root system of a cocoa tree, 20 

 Rubber trees used as wind- belts, 



23 ; as shade, 32 

 Russia, consumption of cocoa in, 3 



Saccharomyces Theobromce, a yeast, 

 124 



Sack, his experiments in fermen- 

 tation, 126, 127 



Safford on fermentation, 134 



Saint Lucia, production of cocoa 

 in, 3 ; manurial experiments, 

 69 ; root disease, 111; average 

 yield per acre, 163 



Salvador, climate, 1 1 ; fermenta- 

 tion in, 132 ; washing cocoa, 153 



Samoa, yields of cocoa per acre, 

 163 



Sandal-wood, red, Adenanthera 

 pavonina, used for wind-belts, 

 23 



