INDEX 



211 



Petch— 



Bud rot, 46 



Fungi disease, 35 

 Philippines (See also names of places) 



Coco-nut oil manufacture, 202, 203 



Coir, 189 



Copra manufacture, 194, 196 

 Diseases — 



Bud rot, 47 



Fungi, 42 

 Field culture — 



Cultivation of young groves, 140, 

 142 



Preparation of land, 125, 127 

 Lady-birds, 100 

 Land and labour, cost of, 151 

 Pests— 



Amaihusia phidippus butterfly, 96 

 Insects — 

 Aleyrodicus destructor, 102 

 Promecotheca cumingii, 93 

 Bhynchophorus ferrugineus, 76 

 Scapanes australis, 90 

 Xylotrupes gideon, 89 

 Toddy- 

 Method of obtaining, etc,, 171, 172, 



173, 174 

 Uses of, etc., 178 

 Yield of sap, 174 

 Typhoons— Effect on trees, 24 

 Varieties, 109, 110, 112 

 Coco nino, 113 

 Makapuno, 114 

 Physiology of the coco-nut, 1-18 

 Polynesia — 



Altitude of bearing trees, 21 

 Coir, 182 

 Pests — 

 Birds, 105 

 Insects — 



Aspidiotus destructor, 101 

 Graeffea cocophaga, 98 

 Robber crab, 105 

 Preparation of land, 128 

 San Ramon nut, 110 

 Toddy — Sugar made from, 179 

 Porcupines, 106 



Portuguese East Africa — Bud rot, 43 

 Preuss — 



Bronthispa froggatti, 92, 94 



Fungi disease, 39 



Omiodes blaclcburni, 97 

 Products, 113, 170-206 



Coco-nut oil, 201-206 



Coir, 114, 182-190, 198 



Copra (See that title) 



Jaggery, 113, 179 



Toddy (See that title) 

 Prudhomme — 



Diseases, 33 



Fertilizers, 150 



Prudhomme — continued — 

 Harvesting methods, 168 

 Preparation of land, 127 

 Transplanting, 132 

 Varieties, 109 



Ratnagire— Toddy, 174 

 Rats, 106 



Red beetle (See Pests — Bhynchophorus 



ferrugineus) 

 Rhinoceros beetle (See Pests — Oryctes 



rhinoceros) 

 Ridley— Field culture, 29 

 Robber crab, 105 

 Root, the, 1-7 

 Rorer — 



Bud rot, 60, 61 



Fungi disease, 36 



Samoa — 



Coir industry, 186 



Copra manufacture, 199-201 



Insect pests — 



Graeffea cocophaga, 98 

 Oryctes rhinoceros, 73 



Laguna nut, 111 

 San Cristobal — Bud rot, 47 

 San Ramon — 



Preparation of land, 128 



San Ramon nut — 



Chemical composition, etc., — 



Tables, 155, 165 

 Copra production, etc., 110 



Transplanting, 133 



Varieties, 109, 110 

 Sanson — Analysis of coco-nut cake, 156 

 Sarawak — Use of trained monkeys for 



harvesting, 169 

 Schultz — Brassolis isthmia, 96 

 Schwartz — Pests, 100 

 Seay, J. T. — Bhynchophorus, 84 

 Seed- 

 Germination, 118-122 



Selection of, 108-122 

 Semler — Preparation of land, 127 

 Seychelles, The — 



Rainfall, 22 



Varieties, 109 

 Shortt— Varieties, 109 

 Simmonds — 



Transplanting, 131 



Varieties, 109 

 Palamcotta, 115 

 Singapore — 



"Bulletin of the Botanic Gardens," 73 



Climate and soil, 29 



Oryctes rhinoceros, 73 

 Smith, Dr. Erwin — Bud rot, 52 

 Snakes, 105 



Society Islands — Calandra taitensis, 88 

 Soil, 25-30 



