INDEX 



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Acapulco, use of " tuba'' in vicinity of 290 



Acosta, Joseph, reference to coconuts in Porto 



Rico 275, 283, 340 



referred to by De CandoIIe 2S3 



Acrista montieola, intolerant to shade 302 



Acroeomia, adaptations for germination 328 



media in Porto Kico 313 



palms, description 312-313 



linifera in Central America 313 



Africa, Y\'est, introduction of coconut, cap- 

 sicum, and cassava 2S6 



African oil palm, distribution 304 



intolerant to shade 302 



Agave, introduction into Europe 274 



Agricultural conclusions 341 



Agriculture. American origin of 341 



antiquity in tropical America 275 



nomadic, in tropica! forest regions 289 



relation to history 272 



Alligator pear See avocado. 



American origin of agriculture 341 



Anatto widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Andaman Islands, absence of coconut 298 



Andes, coconut varieties, adapted to Cali- 

 fornia and Arizona 342 



relatives of the coconut in 338 



Andre. E., note on Jubaea chUensis 336 



Arawacks, importance of coconuts among 288 



Arizona, possibility of coconut culture 273, 



335,336,341 



Artesian wells an aid to coconut culture 273 



Assam rubber an ornamental about Cairo.... 338 



Astrocaryum vulgar e, preparation of fiber 310 



Attaiea, adaptations for germination 328 



cohune, uses 314 



palms, description 314 



reference to, as date trees 278 



Australia, absence of coconut 297-298 



Avocado introduced by Portuguese into West 



A frica 286 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Bacterial disease of the coconut 289 



Balboa, account of frizzle-haired people in 



Panama 295, 341 



Banana, in pre-Columbian America 341 



introduction to America from Canary 



Islands 274 



from East Indies 296 



origin of name "platano" 280 



widely distributed in pre-Spanish Amer- 

 ica 295 



Banyan an ornamental about Cairo 338 



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 Barrett, O. W., reference to varieties of coco- 

 nut in Porto Rico 323 



Bean, introduction into Europe 274 



Biological facts, exactness of 305 



Borri, account of Cochin China 275 



Botanical conclusions 338 



Bougainville, reference to frizzle-haired peo- 

 ple in Tahiti 296 



Brahea, species of, intolerant to shade 301 



Brazil, coconut palms in interior 332 



fiber palm domesticated 300 



first account of coconuts 284, 285, 340 



peach palm 285 



British Honduras, use of coconut oil 290 



Burton, R., observations on coconut palms in 



Brazil 332 



Butter palm, Cocos butyracca 287 



Cacao, abundance, in New Spain 283 



nuts, confusion with coconuts 283 



reference to, by Columbus 283 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Cairo, coconut experiments near 337 



plants of 338 



California, possibility of coconut culture 273, 



335,336,341 

 Canary Islands, bananas and sugar cane 



brought to America from 274 



Capsicum introduced by Poi'tuguese into West 



Africa 286 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Caribs a factor in preventing the spread of 



coconuts 290 



importance of coconuts among 288 



Cassava introduced by the Portuguese into 



West Africa 286 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Cedar in Santo Domingo 279 



Ceylon, possibility of introducing coconuts 



into Egypt from 338 



Chamaedorea, a domesticated species used for 



food 311 



Champlain, Samuel, description of coconuts 



in Porto Rico. 234 



Chiricanos, possibly related to Polynesians. . 296 



Chiriqui, coconuts in graves 288 



Cieza de Leon, account of coconut in Colum- 

 bia 287,340 



description of Columbian salt deposits. 305-306 



early life 286 



on the ruins of Peru 324 



Civilization based on cultivated plants 272 



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