INDEX 



Africa — 



Copra production, 111 



Rhynchophorus phoenicis, 76, 85 

 Africa, East — 



Bats, 106 



Bud rot, 47 

 Africa, West, — Harvesting methods, 

 168 



Albay — Lono nut, 115 

 "All about the Coco-nut," 43 

 America — 

 Bud rot, 52 

 Insect pests — 



Metamasius hemipterus, 87 

 Rhina barberostris, 87 

 Rhynchophorus palmarum, 76, 84, 

 85 



Andes — Copra manufacture, 191 

 Ants (See also Termites) 



Azteca chartifex, 101 

 Arrack— Yield, etc., 179-181 



Bachoffen — Chemical composition of 



San Ramon nuts, 155, 156 

 Banahao, Mount — 

 Bud rot, 47 



Climate and soil, 21, 27 

 Banajao, Mount, — Harvesting methods, 



167 

 Bancroft — 

 Bud rot, 61 

 Fungi disease, 42 

 Banks — 



Insect pests — 



Cyrtotrachelus, 86 

 Oryctes rhinoceros, 64, 67 

 Rhynchophorus, 76, 78 

 Moths and butterflies — 

 Padraona chrysozona, 95 

 Barrett — 



Insect pests — 



Melitomma insularis, 90 

 Scapanes auslralis, 90 

 Bats, 105 

 Bears, 106 



Bernard — Fungi disease, 37 



Birds, 105 



Bismarck Archipelago (See also names 

 of places) 

 Copra manufacture, 201 

 Fungi disease — Pestalozzia pal- 

 marum, 39 

 Bohol — San Ramon nut, 110 

 Bonito, Pedro, — Copra driers invented 



by, 196-198 

 Burkill — Oryctes rhinoceros in Samoa, 



73, 75 

 Busck — 

 Bud rot, 52 

 Strategus titanus, 88 

 Butler- 

 Bud rot, 44 

 Fungi disease, 41 



Carey, E.V., — Rhinoceros beetle, 66 

 Caroline Islands — 



Aspidiotus destructor, 99 

 Coir, 182 

 Ceylon — 



Climate and soil, 21, 22, 23, 28 

 Coco-nut oil manufacture, 201, 202 

 Coir industry, 182, 186, 188 

 Copra manufacture, 191, 195 

 Diseases, 33 

 Bud rot, 43, 46 

 Thielaviopsis ethacetica, 35 

 Field culture — 



Cultivation of young groves, 137 

 Fertilizers, 157 

 Harvesting methods, 168 

 Preparation of land, 125, 127 

 Transplanting, 131, 134 

 Land and labour, cost of, 151 

 Pests- 

 Coffee rust, 34 

 Insects — 



Oryctes rhinoceros, 68 

 Rhynchophorus, 81, 83 

 Omiodes blackburni moth, 97 

 Rats, 106 

 Seed germination — Jaffna method, 

 122 



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