flnfcej. 



415 



Importance of india-rubber culture in 

 the future of Mexico, 373 ; extracts of 

 the same published in India-Rubber 

 World of New York of April 15, 1893, 

 374 



Importation of rubber, manufactured and 

 crude, in the United States in 1856 and 

 1857, from England in 1857 and 1858, 

 400 



Inclination of country to course of sun, 

 affects climate, 363 



India-rubber tree, difference between 

 large and small trees, size and shape 

 of leaf, shape of tree, bark, 379 



Irrigating, indispensable in dry places, 

 336 



Jacquieu, his botanical name for the 

 india-rubber tree, 378 



K 



King, Mr. William, his views on coffee 

 fertilizers, 340 



Labor, required in cultivating rubber, 386 



Laborers in Soconusco, scarcity of, 287, 

 289 ; regulated by price paid in Guate- 

 mala, 287 ; debts of, 289 ; Indians as, 

 290 



Laborie, system of transplanting, 316 ; 

 his method compared with Sabonadi- 

 ere's, 317 ; system of pruning, 329, 

 330 ; pulping machines have been in 

 use since time of, 345 



Latitude determines temperature of 

 locality, 362 



Letters, from Mr. Romero to editor of 

 India-Rubber World of New York 

 criticising Mr. F. O. Harriman's article 

 on rubber growing in Tehuantepec 

 lands, 364, 365 ; from F. O. Harriman 

 in answer to Mr. Romero's on the 

 question of shade, 365, 366 ; inCoatza- 

 coalcos Valley, it is an experiment, 

 366 ; from J. P. Harriman to editor 

 of India-Rubber World of February 

 15, 1894, in answer to Mr. Romero's 

 letter in which he states that Tehuan- 

 tepec is well suited to coffee, gives the 

 yield of trees, 367 ; an answer from 

 Mr. Romero to editor of India-Rubber 

 World published in their issue of 

 February 15, 1894, in answer to letters 

 of F. O. and J. P. Harriman in which 

 he states why it was written, speaks of 

 temperature of different regions and 

 effects on coffee, 368 ; advice to Mr. 



F. O. Harriman, denies high lands are 

 good for coffee, 369 ; from Mr. Romero 

 dated at Tapachula, Soconusco, Sep- 

 tember 26, 1872, to Mr. James R. Bond 

 asking about the culture of india-rubber, 

 396 ; from Mr. James R. Bond dated 

 at New York October 22, 1872, in 

 answer to Mr. Romero's questions 

 about rubber, 396-398 

 Lindley, John, Treasury of Botany, 378 

 Linnaeus, his botanical name for india- 

 rubber, 378 



M 



Manchinelli, Mr. Jeronimo, description of 

 rubber-trees on his San Carlos farm, 

 379 ; size of his trees, 389 



Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, ex- 

 periments for utilizing rubber, 379 



Mexican Agricultural Dictionary and 

 Rural Economy, rules given for im- 

 proving quality of coffee seed, 310 



Mountain chains, location of, affects 

 climate, 362, 363 



N 



Nelson, Mr. William, his rubber planta- 

 tion in Guatemala, 384 



New American Encyclopedia, articles on 

 rubber, 377 



Norris, Mr. Lee, his way of keeping rub- 

 ber in milky form, 380 



Nursery for coffee in Ceylon, place chosen 

 for, how coffee is planted, drainage, 

 312 ; when and how to transplant, 312, 

 313 



Nursery for coffee in Soconusco, definition 

 of, advantages of, 307 ; land suitable for 

 and location of, 307, 308 ; formed from 

 seeds, 308 ; preparation of ground for, 

 time for planting, 309 ; replanting, how 

 to make it, 310 



Paper on coffee, 299, 300 ; inducements 



for writing, 283 

 Persoon, his botanical name for rubber, 



378 

 Picking coffee in Ceylon, how effected, 



344 

 Picking coffee in Soconusco, how done, 



price paid for, 343 ; very costly, 344 

 Plan of coffee plantation, how made, 314 

 Plantations in Soconusco, where situated, 



359 

 Planting rubber-trees, how done, 386 ; an 



economical way of, 387 

 Plants for selling, nursery for, profitable 



industry to supply, 312 

 Preparation of coffee in Ceylon, 348 

 Preparation of coffee in Colima and So- 



