Index 



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on, 258 ; in West Indies, 252 ; 

 its effect on trees, 253 ; possible 

 remedies, 256 ; probably starts 

 in the roots, 253 ; Stockdale's 

 report on a diseased root, 259 ; 

 symptoms, by Rorer, 260 ; sym- 

 ptoms in Ceylon, 257 ; the dis- 

 coloration of the stem, 257; 

 two absolutely distinguishing 

 signs, 257 ; trenching and firing 

 for same, 262, 263 ; worse in 

 damp centres, 255 



Root-growth and soil, 281 



Root system and plant nourish- 

 ment, 30 ; and subsoil water, 

 30 ; its extent, 29 ; and manure, 

 61, 62 



Roots, damaging, 33 ; length of, 

 2 9> 3> 61, 62, 159 



Rorer, J. B., describes bud-rot, 230; 

 and his report, 223 ; on bud-rot 

 control, 237 ; on leaf disease, 

 251; on root .disease, 257; on 

 stem disease, 242 ; on symptoms 

 of root disease, 260 



Rosin and whale-oil soap compound, 

 267 



Rosin compound, 267 ; wash, 267 



Rotary dryers, 382 ; best for oil, 

 382; discussed, 387, et seq,; for 

 copra, 138; their advantages, 

 385, 387, 388; the motive power 

 necessary, 393 



Rubber and cacao, 128 ; and coco- 

 nuts, 83, 447 ; and explosives, dis- 

 tance and depth of holes, 518, 

 519; and farming with dynamite, 

 512, et seq. ; and P. I., 90; and 

 tapioca, 330 ; drying, hot air and 

 fans a necessity, 398 ; Exhibition 

 (London, The International, 

 1911), 316; for Samoa, 140; in 

 British North Borneo, 429, 431 ; 

 in Papua, area of, 77 ; in Samoa, 

 119; in the Philippines, ii; in 

 the German colonies, 10, n ; in 

 the Solomons, 492, 493 ; men 

 recommend explosives, 514, 515 ; 

 six stems to one tree, 493 



Rufiji River (G.E.A.), 143 

 Russell Islands, considered best of 

 the Solomons, 491 



Saadani River (G.E.A.), 143 



Sabai Island, Torres Straits, 159 



Sahara and deforestation, the, 612 



St. Jean de Nove (Mauritius) and 

 coco-nuts, 74 



Saleeby, Murad M., on Kapok, 60 

 et seq. 



Saline substances needed in ma- 

 nures, 299 



Salt as a manure, 298 ; for bud-rot, 

 238 ; not as good as kainit, 298 



Salt for Pestalozzia and how to apply 

 it, 588 



Saltpetre (Chili), see Nitrate of 

 soda 



Salt water and coco-nuts, 24 ; pre- 

 ferable, when watering, for young 

 palms, 465 



Samoa and artificial manures, 126 ; 

 and cattle, 127, 128, 418; and 

 drying kilns, 136 ; and native 

 planting, 139 ; and New Guinea 

 (German), coco nuts in, 119 ; and 

 copra drying, 441 ; and its ex- 

 ports of copra, 437 ; and Nasi- 

 cornus beetle fungus, 449, et seq. ; 

 and sprouting seed-nuts, 441 ; and 

 transplanting, 441 ; area under 

 " white " cultivation, 1 19 ; burst 

 or split trunks in, 126; compared 

 to German New Guinea, 120; 

 copra per 1,000 nuts, 135, see also 

 7,8, 52,69,70, 79,M6, 285, 364, 

 411,415,418,439,531,550,557; 

 cost of land in, 448 ; cost of 

 making copra, 417 ; exports of 

 copra, 119 ; free of disease, 123 ; 

 elevated estates in, 25 ; European 

 v. native planters, 139, 140 ; for 

 mixed plantations, 140 ; grass 

 best for cattle, 130 ; growth of 

 palms, 134 ; how the kilns are 

 built, 137 ; importing Chinese and 

 Javanese labour, 448; in 1913, 

 437 ; its pests and diseases, 444 ; 



