INDEX. 



Additions and Contributions to the De- 

 partment 15, 30, 75, 94, 110, 127, 142 

 158, 172, 190 

 Analyses of Bananas and Plantain 



Fruits 24 

 Andropogon citratus 153 

 " muricatus 152 



" Schoenanthus 153 



" pqu rrosus 152 



" in Jamaica, Notes on 152 



Ants, remedy ;i gainst 180 

 Avignon-berries 2 

 Bacteria, Nitrogen-fixing 182 

 Ballam Rice 18 

 Bananas and Plantain Fruits, Com- 

 position of 24 

 Bennett, C. W., on Vanilla, and other 



cultures in Reunion 8 

 Borg, Dr. J., on Orange Culture and 



and Diseases 129 

 Bucher, Dr. E., on Dye Plants 1 

 " " on Rhus, and Log- 

 wood 23 

 Budding Orange trees, &c. 169 

 Buttenfchaw, W. R., on Manuring 161 

 on Water in 

 some of its relations to agricul- 

 ture 113 

 Cane Seedlings 156 

 Carden, Consul-General, on Caban 



Tobacco 180 

 Castilloa elastica 2 

 Castleton Gardens, Regulations for 125 

 Central American Rubber 2, 186 



Cinchona, the prospects of 39 

 Cocoa, an open letter to a small 



cultivator of 121 

 " at Guayaquil 18 

 « drying 122 

 « picking 122 

 « planting 122 

 " pruning 122 

 " sweating 122 

 " varieties 121 

 " washing 121 

 Cola accuminata 154 

 " cordifolia 155 

 " lepidota 155 

 " vera 154 

 Cradwick, W., on Building Orange 



• trees, &c. 169 

 Cuban Tobacco 180 

 Davies, S. H., ( n Washing Cocoa 121 

 Diseases of trees 37 

 Dye Plants, N otes on 1 

 Ensilage without pressure 35 

 Evaporation of water through plants 158 

 Fertilisers for Pine-apples 7, 39 



French-berries 2 

 Fruits, Packing Material for 23 

 Galloway, B. T., on Parasitic Ene- 

 mies of cultivated plants 62 

 Green Manuring 165 



Guano 



Guayaquil, Cocoa at 



166 

 18 



Haematoxylon campeachianum, 



Some Constituents of the leaves 

 of 21 

 Hancornia speciosa 186 

 Harris, T. J., on Seedling Canes 156 

 " Wm., on Andropogons in 

 Jamaica 162 

 Helms, R., on Nitrogen-fixiug Bac- 

 teria 182 

 Hemp Industry, The Philippine 177 

 Hevea braailiensis 186 

 Hill Gardeus, Regulations for 126 

 Holmes, E. L., on Kola !Sut 154 

 Honduras Logwood 1 

 Hangarian-berries 2 

 Indigo 1 

 Indigufera Anil 1 

 " tinctoria 1 

 Indi.ect Manures 168 

 Japan Varnish 38 

 Wax 37 

 Knapp, S. A., on Rice Culture in 



the United States 60, 81, 97 



Kola Nut 154 

 Lefroy, H. Maxwell, on Moth 



Borer in Sugar Cane 145 



Lemon, Oil of 185 



Lime 168 



Lloyd, J, U., on Pomegranate 106 



Logwood, Honduras 1 



Maoaranduba 189 



Manabeira 186 



Macoba 186 



Manihot Glaziovii 186 



Manila Hemp 177 



Manures, Rules for valuing 1 81 



Manuring 161 



Mimusops elata 189 



Moth-borer, caterpillars 147 



" chrysalis 147 



" collecting eggs of 148 

 " cutting out affected 



canes 149 



" destroying the moths 149 



" eggs 146 



" Life History 146 



" remedies 148 



" in Sugar Cane 145 



Musa textilis 177 



Nature knowledge Teaching 59 



" study in rural schools 123 



Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria 182 



Nitrogenous Manures 166 



Notes on Dye Plants 1 



Oil of Lemon 185 



Orange Culture and Diseases 129 



" trees. How to bud 169 



Packing Material for Fruits 23 

 Parasitic enemies of cultivated 



plants 52 



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