25 



Protection of Trees against Ants, 



1901, 142 

 Pruning Fruit Trees, 37 (13) 

 Pseudococcus adonidum, 22 (10) 

 Pseudoparlatoria 40 (8) ; 1897, 108 

 Psilotum, 1898, 236 

 Psorosis of Orange, 1898, 144 

 Pteris, 36, 40, 41, 42 

 Pterocarpus Draco, 45 (2), 47 (2); 



1894, 193; 1895, 161; 



1898, 202 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus, 45 (2); 1894, 



166 



" Marsupium, 45 (2), 47 (3) 

 " suberosus, 47 (3) 

 Pterospermum, 1897, 64 

 Public Gardens of Jamaica, Cost of, 

 1898, 281 

 « " History of, U98, 1 



Pulpers, Coffee, 1894, 3, 4; 1895, 



10; 1896, 135 

 Pulvinaria,40 (8) ; le95, 101, 102; 



1898, 108 

 Pumpkins, 1895, 137 

 Punica granatum, 1900, 106 

 Pupil-Apprentices at Hope Gardens, 



1901, 81 

 Purchase of fertilizers, 1897, 98 



Quassia, amara, 1894, 194, 1596, 12 

 Queen's Flower Tree, 1894, 185 

 Quercus spp., 5 (8) 

 Quilot (Fibre), 21 (10) 

 Quinine. See Cinchona 



Radclyffe, D. E., on Eamie, 1896, 78 

 Radishes, 1894, 115; 1895, 139,264 

 Raffia, 21 (12) 

 Railway Sleepers, 50 (20) 

 Rain, An Inch of, 1901, 125 ; 1902, 

 59 



Raising forest plants from seed, 

 1 896, 5 



Ramie, 17 (3), 21 (7) ; 1894, 33, 

 167; 1895, 210; 1897, 110, 

 266, 288 

 " analysis of dry stems, 1894, 



35 



" as paper material, 1894, 41 

 " at Hope Gardens, 1895, 221 

 " bleaching the fibre, 1894,37 



Ramie, commercial value, 1894, 52, 



53 



" compared with Flax and 



Hemp, 1894, 40 

 " cultivation of, 1894, 34 

 " cutting the stems, 1894, 36 

 " decorticating, 1894. 53 

 " decorticator- See Machinery 

 " directions for planting, 1896 



134. 297 

 " fertilizer, 1896, 153 

 " fibre, 1896, 73 

 " future prospects of, 1894, 41 

 " harvesting, 1894, 36 

 " in Jamaica, 1896, 73, 149 

 " in United States, 1896, 151 

 " introduction into Jamaica, 



1894, 34 

 " irrigation, 1896, 156 

 " machinery, 1894, 49; 1896, 



79 ; 1897, 110 

 " manure, 1894, 36; 1896, 151 

 " market prices, 1894, 52 

 " Messrs. Dunlop Brothers & 



Co. on, 1896, 74, 149 

 " planting, 1894, 34 ; 1896, 154 

 " propagation, 1894, 34 

 " properties of fibre, 1894. 38 

 " Radcl)2e, D. E., on, 1896, 



78 



" Report of the Jamaica Com- 

 mittee, 1894, 52 



" retting, 1894, 53 



" ribbons stripped by Indus- 

 trial School boys, 1896, 

 132 



" soil and climate, 1896, 151 

 " subra Fibre Co., on, 1896, 80 

 " uses of fibre, 1S94, 38 

 " varieties of, 1894, 33 

 " with cotton, 1894, 38 

 " with silk, lb94, 40 

 " with wool. 1894, 39 

 " yield, 1894, 58, 52 

 Ramoon as a shade tree, 1896, 26 

 Randia maculata. 1894, 194 

 Raphia spp. (Fibre) 21 (12) ; 1894, 

 194: 1895, 61 

 (ornamental) 1894, 194 

 Raspador Fibre Machine, 32 (4), 35 

 (3) 



Raspberry, Indian, 1895, 62, 229 

 Ravenala, madagascariensis, 1894, 

 195 



Reana luxurians. (Fodder), 1896, 32 

 Red-Bead tree, 3 (3) 



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