INDEX TO ARTICLES ON COFFEE AND 

 INDIA-RUBBER CULTURE. 



Age of coffee-tree, some think duration 



depends on shade, 342 

 Altitude, of various places in Soconusco, 



297 ; its effect on climate, 15,000 ft. 



snow line in Soconusco, 362 

 Asiatic rubber-tree, grows larger than 



American, 378 

 Aublet, his botanical name for rubber, 378 



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Bearing, trees 25 and 30 years, 342 



Blossoming (white) of coffee-tree, time 

 of, 343 



Bond, Mr. James B., extract from com- 

 munication to State Department giving 

 information about rubber, 384 ; letters 

 from him in reference to rubber in 

 Brazil, 396-398 



Botanical names of rubber-tree, 378 



Chacon, Sr. Don Jose Maria, owner of 

 Zanjon Seco rubber plantation, 384 ; 

 opinion about the way to plant rubber 

 cuttings, 387 ; his opinion about rubber 

 planted in Soconusco, 388 



Chardwar, rubber, number of large trees 

 in, near Ferozpoor, sap of Ficus elastica 

 better in old trees than in young, yield 



of, 399 



Cheapness of coffee-raising, 287 ; made 

 cheaper by raising sugar-cane at the 

 same time, 288 



Clavijero, Father, his description of 

 Mexican rubber-trees, 379 



Clearing ground for rubber, should be 

 done first, 386 



Climate, Soconusco suitable for coffee- 

 raising, 286, 295 ; coffee affected by 

 humidity, 298 ; affected by sun, latitude, 



and altitude, 362 ; location of mountain 

 chains, 362, 363 ; distance from sea, 

 inclination of country to course of sun, 

 geology of soil, degree of cultivation 

 of soil, 363 ; winds, 363, 364 ; amount 

 of rainfall, 364 ; hot country best for 

 rubber, 385 



Coffee-raising in Soconusco, compared 

 with other countries, 286, 287 ; com- 

 pared with Ceylon, 357-359 



Coffee sent to market in casks and bar- 

 rels, 350 



Color of coffee, bluish color which after- 

 wards changes to grayish green, 350 



Condamine, M. de la, his description of 

 rubber-trees on banks of Amazon, 378 ; 

 extraction of rubber, 380 



Corn, custom in Soconusco to plant at 

 same time with coffee but not best to 

 doit, 314 



Cost of coffee in Barcenas, nursery and 

 seed, stakes and holes, preparation of 

 the soil, transplanting, weedings, other 

 expenses, 354; of each cuerda, 355 



Cost of coffee plantation in Ceylon, ist 

 year, 355, 356 ; 2d year, 356 ; 3d year, 

 356, 357; total cost and loss, 357 



Cost of coffee plantation in Soconusco, of 

 ground, ist year, 351 ; 2d, 3d, and 4th 

 years, resume of, 352 



Cost of coffee-raising in Soconusco, as 

 compared with Ceylon, 333 



Cost, of rubber plantation, of 10,000 trees 

 at distance of 3 yards, 393 ; distance of 5 

 yards, estimate of 10,000 trees at 3 yards, 

 4 yards, and 5 yards, of each tree during 

 6 years, 394 ; of 100,000 trees at a dis- 

 tance of 3, 4 and 5 yards, yield after 6 

 years, 395 



Cost of sugar-cane plantation, 288, 289 



Cuerda, number of coffee plants to the, 

 303, 304 



Cultivation of soil, affects climate, re- 

 claiming of marshy land makes temper- 

 ature warmer, 363 



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