416 



conusco, 348 ; primitive method em- 

 ployed in Soconusco, 345 



Prevailing winds, great influence of, on 

 climate, 364 



Price of coffee, in Soconusco, profit, 285 



Price of coffee plants, in Guatemala, in 

 Soconusco, 312 



Price of rubber, 381 ; quadrupled in So- 

 conusco in the last ten years, 381, 382 



Priestly, Dr. , Prospective, 379 



Productiveness of coffee in Barcenas, 

 yield 3d year, 4th year, 354 



Productiveness of coffee in Soconusco, 

 yield, net profit, 353 



Profits of coffee culture, extensive lands 

 in Mexico suitable for coffee which will 

 make the fortune of those engaged in 

 it, 360 



Profits of coffee culture in Barcenas, pro- 

 ceeds, cost, profit a year, 354 



Profits of coffee culture in Soconusco, 

 yield in 3d, 4th, and 5th years, net 

 profit, 353 



Profits of rubber, estimates of, 382, 383 ; 

 yield of trees annually, 383 



Pruning coffee plants, time for, 311, 333; 

 root of plant in transplanting, 321 ; 

 rules of, 326 ; principles of, 326, 327 ; 

 advantages of, 327, 328 ; topping sys- 

 tem used in Soconusco, height of in So- 

 conusco, Guatemala, and Ceylon, 328; 

 system used in Soconusco, difficulties 

 of, rules for, 329 ; system of Laborie, 

 329, 330, 332, 333 ; system of Sabona- 

 diere, 330, 331 ; system of practical 

 cultivator of Ceylon, 331 ; system of the 

 Observer of Colombo, 331, 332 



Pulping coffee in Ceylon, how done, 349; 



Pulping coffee in Guatemala, how done, 

 345 



Rainfall, amount of, affects climate, 364 ; 

 Replanting coffee-trees, how done and 



where necessary, 325 

 Retrilla, used for shelling coffee, 347 

 Ridges for coffee plants, system sometimes 



used in Ceylon, 336 

 Ripening of coffee, time required for, 



343 

 Roads for coffee plantations, how made, 



in Ceylon, 334 ; cost of, 335 

 Rubber culture, lack of information on, 



377 



Sabonadiere, Mr. William, his Coffee 

 Planter in Ceylon, 292 ; transplanting 

 coffee, 316, 317 ; pruning coffee plants, 

 33O, 331 ; making roads for coffee 

 plantations, 324 ; on drainage, 335 ; on 



fertilizers, 337 ; on cost of manuring in 

 Ceylon, 341 ; his opinion of pulping 

 machines, 345, 346 ; estimate of cost of 

 plantation by, 355, 356, 357 ; estimate 

 of cost of coffee by, 357, 358, 359 



Samayoa, Mr. Jose Maria, his plantation, 

 354 



Screber, his botanical name for rubber, 

 378 



Sea, proximity to, advantageous to raising 

 of coffee, 287, 288 ; productiveness at 

 high altitude above level of, most 

 suited to coffee-raising, 296, 297 



Seed-plot, plan of , combination of nursery, 

 380 



Seeds, best state to plant, 309 ; should be 

 put in water, sowing, 310 



Separating good from bad coffee in 

 Guatemala, 346 



Shade for coffee, advantages of, 300, 301, 

 302 ; disadvantages of, 301, 302 ; some 

 think durability of coffee-trees in Cey- 

 lon depend on, 342 



Shade for rubber, whether required, 388 



Sites for plantations, character of ground 

 suitable for, 299 



Slips of coffee plants, nursery formed 

 from, 311 



Soil for coffee- raising, Guatemala suit- 

 able, 284 ; Soconusco suitable, 284- 

 286 ; clayey sub-soil best, 291 ; dif- 

 ferent opinions on, 291, 292 ; layer 

 of vegetable soil indispensable, slopes 

 of volcanoes best as, 292 ; comparison 

 of virgin forest land, and land recently 

 cleared as, 292, 293 ; comparison of 

 level and hilly soil as, 294, 295 



Soil for rubber, in Soconusco, selection 

 of, 386 ; Soconusco good for rubber, 

 387, 388 



Sorting coffee in Ceylon, how performed, 

 350 



Sorting coffee in Guatemala, performed 

 by hand, classes of coffee, 348 



Special Consular Report, 1892, on rubber 

 culture in Brazil, India, and Africa, 

 374, 375 I confirms points laid down 

 here, 375 



Specific gravity of rubber, 3/9, 380 



Staking for coffee, necessary, time for, 

 operation of, 315 ; work of the men, 

 315, 316 ; in Ceylon, 316 



Sun, effect on coffee-tree, 297 ; effect on 

 climate, 361, 362 



Supply of coffee for United States, 

 Mexico destined to become chief source 

 of, 285 



Supply of rubber, diminishing, 381 



Taylor, Mr., his opinion as to shade for 

 coffee-trees, 368 ; Coffee Growing in 

 Mexico, 365 



