Index 



639 



States Penang, Perak, &c., 

 285 ; from Kuala Langat, Kuala 

 Selangor, Lower Perak, Penang, 

 Prov. Wellesley, San Bias, 184 ; 

 from San Bias, 178 ; hand-picked 

 cost more but pay, 177; hand- 

 picked v. dropped, 63, 66, 67, 

 136, 176, 177, 285, 471 ; how 

 germination comes about, 181 ; 

 how long to germinate, 64, 289 ; 

 how they collect them in Fiji, 

 459 ; in San Bias, 287 ; how to 

 move when germinated, 182 ; 

 how to plant them, 64, 185, 188, 

 289 ; how to tell good ones on 

 the tree, 176; how to tell good 

 trees for, 176 ; how to tell when 

 ripe, 63 ; moving to plant out, 

 179; must be fully ripe, 185; 

 must be ripe, 63 ; number per 



acre, 188 ; plant 50 per cent, 

 above requirements, 64 ; plant 

 more than you need, 91 ; plants 

 (seedlings), cost of, 98; prepar- 

 ing the land, 173 ; round, recom- 

 mended, 17, 184, 458 ; oval, 

 recommended, 462 ; store before 

 planting, 289 ; the best trees for 

 them, 173 ; the best to plant, 

 174; the germination core, 181 ; 

 their contents discussed, 283 ; to 

 tell when "cured " for planting, 

 179; when they are fully ripe, 

 287 ; which size best, 285 ; which 

 to reject, 177, 178 



Seed-nut selection in the West 

 Indies, 62; in Fiji, 458; L. C. 

 Brown on importance of, 184, 

 458, 462 



Selangor (F.M.S.) Coco-nut Co., 

 Ltd., and their cost per acre, 

 594 ; area under coco-nuts, 47 ; ex- 

 port of copra, 47 ; price of nuts, 47 



selected seed increases yield, 283 



Selection of a locality and site for 

 a plantation, 22 ; of nuts, 283 



Semler, Prof., and yields, 197 



Seychelles and nut-gathering, 67 ; 

 and rats, 217 



Shade for nurseries, 64, 186, 192, 

 193, 288 



Sharp, Dr., discusses Phasmida- 

 (stick insects), 482 



Sheep manure, its plant-food con- 

 tent, 320 



Shell (coco-nut) and its by-pro- 

 ducts, 357 ; detailed analysis, 

 295, 417 ; plant foods in, 292 ; 

 proportion of, 526 



Shelling nuts, easy way of, 52 



Shells for charcoal, 405 



Shelves v. floors for drying, 401 



Shipley, Y. H. (Philippines), 87 



Shore v. inland nuts discussed 

 chemically, 295, 297 



Shot-hole weevil, 273 



Signoret on Aspidiotus from Re- 

 union, 487 



Silk cotton ; see Kapok 



Silvanis surinamensis attacks 

 copra, 276 



Singapore, coco-nut trading, 15 



Sisal, 327, 328 ; a big boom in 

 G.E.A., 147 ; and coco-nuts, 93 ; 

 as catch-crop, 81, 470 ; in Papua, 

 area of, 77 



Sisal waste, alcohol and sugar from, 

 328 ; for paper-making, 433 ; 

 the utilization of, 328 



Sites ; see under Sea, River, 

 Lagoons, &c. 



Siluation must be between Capri- 

 corn and Cancer, 22 



Smith, Dr. Erwin F., 225 



Smith, Hon. Staniforth, and Papua, 



75. 46i 

 Smith, Jared G. (Hawaii), on 



Samoan nuts, 123 

 Soaking or retting tanks, 566 ; the 



husks, 566 



Soap from vegetable oil, 530 

 Society Islands and Aspidiottis, 



how it affects the palms, 487 

 Soda and oil extraction, 533 

 Soils and estate forming in Fiji, 

 457 ; in Madras, 458 ; in Bom- 

 bay, 458 ; its supply of plant 

 food, 303 ; and root growth, 281 ; 



