184 



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Onicideres amputator, twig girdler, 



insect pest, 86 

 Orohella weed, 93 

 Oxidising enzymes, action of, 



122-124 



Packing cocoa for export, 159 



Palm, Coco-nut, Cocoa nacifera, 

 used as a wind-break, 22 



Palm, West African oil, Elaeia 

 guineenaia, used for shade, 32 



Para, proportion of shells and mean 

 weight of cocoa beans of, 170 



Parasites, vegetable, 93 et seq. 



Parasol ants, Atta cepalotea and 

 ootoapinoaa, insect pests, 88 



Paris green insecticide, 92 



Pen manure, 68 et seq. 



PenicUlmm ap., used in fermenta- 

 tion, 124 



Persea gratiaaima, the Avocado 

 pear, used for wind-belts and 

 shade, 23, 32 



Peru, Gonqueat of, by Prescott, 1 



Phanerogams, flowering plants as 

 parasites, 78 



Phosphoric acid, used for manur- 

 ing, 71 



PhycopeUia flabelligera, an epi- 

 phyte, 93 



Phyaopus rubrocincta, a thrip 

 insect described, 85 



Phytophthora omnivora, black rot 

 of fruits, 108 



Pink disease, Corticium lilaco- 

 fuacum. 111 



Pithecolobium Samaan, tree used 

 for shade, 30, 31, (32, 67 



Plantains. See Bananas 



Plantations, how to lay out cocoa, 

 22 et seq. 



Planting cocoa, 45 et seq. 



Plaamopara viticola, " vine mil- 

 dew," 95 



Plotting out a plantation, 24 



Polishing cocoa, 156 



Pondicherry ground nut, compo- 

 sition of, 64 



Port-au-Prince, analyses of the 

 kernels of cured cocoa, 171 



Porto-Plata, proportion of shells 

 and mean weight of cocoa beans, 

 170 



Portugal, consumption of cocoa 

 in, 3 



Potash, nitrate and sulphate of, 

 used for manuring, 71 et seq. 



Potassium chloride and sulphate 

 splution, used for manuring, 72 



Prescott's Conquest of Peru, 1 



Preuss on fruiting age of cocoa 

 trees, 114; on fermentation, 

 132 ; on jdeld, 161 



Pruning, objects of, 49 et seq. 



Pseudo-Ahsidia vulgaris, a cause of 

 fermentation, 124 



Psidiwm Qwama. See Guava 



Publw Advertiser, earliest intro- 

 duction of cocoa into England, 2 



Pticcinia graminia. See Wheat- 

 rust 



Puerto - Cabello, proportion of 

 shells and mean weight of cocoa 

 beans, 1 70 ; analyses of kernels 

 of cm-ed cocoa, 171 



Pycnidia, a parasite, life history 

 of, 101 



Pyrol, woolly, Phaaeolus mungo, 

 63 



Phyacia apecioaa, an epiphyte, 93 



Quito, average rainfall at, 11 



Railways, Decauville, 119, 120, 



151 

 Samelinia, 93 

 Rats, 79 ; methods of destruction, 



80-82 

 Reaping implements, 117 

 Resin wash and compound, 90, 91 

 Richelieu, Cardinal, reputed cured 



of disease by cocoa, 2 

 Ridenour on average weight of 



cured cocoa beans, 167 

 Roads, proper system of, 25 

 Root disease, 109 

 Root system of a cocoa tree, 20 

 Rubber trees used as wind-belts, 



23 ; as shade, 32 

 Russia, consumption of cocoa in, 3 



Saccharomycea Theobromoe, a yeast, 

 124 



Sack, his experiments in fermen- 

 tation, 126, 127 



Safiord on fermentation, 134 



Saint Lucia, production of cocoa 

 in, 3 ; manurial experiments, 

 69 ; root disease. 111; average 

 yield per acre, 163 



Salvador, climate, 11 ; fermenta- 

 tion in, 132 ; washing cocoa, 153 



Samoa, yields of cocoa per acre, 

 163 



Sandal-wood, red, Adenanthera 

 pavonina, used for wind-belts, 

 23 



