xxx 



s 



Shoe-flower, see Hibiscus 

 Shola pith, Aeschynomene aspera 

 Shorea 564 



Shows, Agri-horticultural 465 



, judging at 467 



Shrubs, flowering, for low eleva- 

 tions 317 



, foliage do 324 



, flowering for Up-country 401 

 , foliage, do. 405 



Sicania 215 



Sida - 551,611 



Side-saddle flower, Sarraceuia 

 Silene - 425, 432 



Silk-cotton Tree 518 



Silky-oak, Grwillea robnsta 

 Silver-leaf, Lencadendron argcntinin 



fern, Gymnogramme 



wattle, Acacia dealbata 

 Sinningia - 347, 350 

 Sinuk, Euphorbia tortilis. 

 Siphocamphylus 347, 389 

 Sisal hemp 547 



. Siyambala 185 



Skeleton leaves, preparation of 650 

 Slime-fungus 632 



Smilax argyraea 341, 391, 408 



officinalis 536 



ornata 408 

 Snake's head, see Martyuia. 

 Snake-gourd 216,217 

 Snakes, rat 606 

 Snake-weed, Polygonum pitiictatttin. 



wood, Ophioxylon serpentinum. 

 Soap-Jaark 541 



berry 541, 576 



suds as a manure 35 



wort, Saponaria. 



Soils, analysis of 15 



, capillary action of 12 



, Ceylon 15 



, classification of 8 



, constituents of 6 



, effects on climate 4 



, examination of 10 



, exhaustion of 14 



fertility of 13 



for pot plants 124 

 , sterilisation of 13 

 , toxic effects of plants on 14 

 Soil operations - 43 

 Solandra 408 

 Solanum commersoni - 253 



indicum 597, 599, 610 



jasminoides - 408 



macranthum 301 



Melongena 231 



nigrum 599 



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Solanum tuberosum 250 



verbacifolium 580 



- Wendlandii - 337, 339 



xanthocarpum 597, 599 

 Soldier's butter. 



Sonchus 610 



Soola, or sulla, see Hedvsanim. 

 Soot 36 



Sooty-mould 632 



Sophora tomentosa 328, 394, 443 



- violacea 323, 394 

 Sorakai, Lagenaria. 



Sorghum, Sugar 531 



saccharatum 531 



halapense 611 



- vulgare 232, 542, 590 

 Sorindeia 185 

 Sorrel, English - 254 

 , Jamaica 167 

 Souari-nut 149, 150 

 Sour-grass, Paniciiin coiijitgiitnin. 

 Soursop 137 

 Sowing seeds, directions for 



5156, 657660 

 Sow-thistle, Sonchns spp. 

 Soya-bean 208, 591 



Soymida 564 



Spanish-bayonet, Yucca. 



broom, Spartinin, 



, lime 172 



nectarine 150 



needle, Bidens pilosa. 

 Sparaxis 431 

 Sparrows 604,651 

 Spartium 425 

 Spathiphyllum - 389,390 

 Spathodea 301,442 

 Spear-grass, Andropogon coiitortns. 

 Specimens, how to send - 642 

 Sphagnum 369. 641 

 Sphenogyne 425 

 Spices - 257-289 

 Spider flower, see Gyiiandropsis. 

 Spider orchid, Arachnanthe. 

 Spilanthes 597 

 Spinach, Ceylon 228 

 , English 254 

 , New Zealand 254 

 Spinifex 444 

 Spiraea japoncia 434, 439 



media 405 



peruviana 1 19, 405 

 Spironema 390 

 Spondias 185 

 Sporangium 55 

 Spores, fern 55 

 Spraying 636 

 Sprayers - 635, 636 



