417 



Tehuan tepee, Mr. F. O. Harriman rec- 

 ommends lands of as good for coffee 

 and india-rubber culture, 361 ; Mr. Ro- 

 mero answers Mr. F. O. Harriman's 

 letter about coffee and india-rubber, 

 364 ; Mr. F. O. Harriman thinks coffee 

 wherever planted in Isthmus of, needs 

 shade, 365 ; in Isthmus of, coffee-rais- 

 ing is no new experiment, 366 



Time required by rubber-tree to yield, 



39.. 39 1 



Transplanting coffee plants, time in So- 

 conusco, time in Ceylon, time in Guate- 

 mala, 311 ; number of ways of, 318; 

 time for, manner of, 319, 320, 321, 

 322 ; in slips, in Ceylon, 322, 323 



Transplanting rubber-trees, not necessary 

 to plant in nursery, 386 



Transportation of coffee, Soconusco near 

 to sea, 287, 288 ; new roads needed for, 

 288 ; in large plantations cart roads have 

 to be constructed, 243 ; in Ceylon, 

 from trees to where it is prepared for 

 market, 344 



Trenches for draining coffee plantations, 

 system used in Ceylon of making, 335, 

 336 ; methods of and cost of making, 

 336 



Trunk of rubber-trees in Soconusco, 

 spongy white wood with large pores, 

 379 



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United Rubber Co., recommends sap to 

 be bottled, best method of treatment 

 according to, 399 



Ure, Dr., analysis of rubber, 380, 382 ; 

 his opinion of Asiatic rubber, 386 ; 

 thinks fifty-six per cent of rubber after 

 incision is made evaporates, 392 ; on 

 rubber in Assam, 398 



Uses of coffee, 285 



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Washing coffee in Ceylon, how done, 349 

 Washing coffee in Guatemala, how done, 



346 

 Water, coffee should be planted near, 



irrigation for coffee, 299 

 Weeding coffee plants, why necessary, 



323, 324 ; method in Ceylon, 324 ; man- 

 ner of, number to be made during year, 



324, 325 



Weeding rubber-trees, 390 



Weitch, Lieutenant, discovered abun- 

 dance of ficus elastica in district of 

 Naudwoor, 399 



Where most rubber-trees are found, 385 



Wildenow, his botanical name for rubber- 

 tree, 378 



Wild rubber-trees, thus far rubber has 

 been extracted entirely from, 384 ; 

 found in forests, 388 



Winds, plants should be sheltered from, 

 for coffee-raising, 298 



Yield of coffee, each cuerda, 304 ; of 



trees, 342 

 Yield of rubber per tree, 391 ; loss in 



evaporation, 392 

 Young coffee plants, time for stiirting 



nursery of, how to be planted, 311 



Zuchiate Rubber Plantation, where lo- 

 cated, size, number of trees, etc., 373, 

 374 



