2$i 

 INDEX. 



Editorials, Lectures, Original 

 Articles, etc:— 



Pa<;e. 



Agricultural Banks for Ceylon ...26S, 325 

 „ Society Progress Re- 



port, 116, 198, 351,431, ■ 



and 



516 



500 



„ Societies, Use 



Objects of 

 Agriculture, Possibilities of Improve- 

 ment in Village ... ... 1, 119 



Agri-Horticultural Show, Kegalle... 3139 

 ,, ,, Kelani Valley 337 



,, ,, Kurunegala 335 



Area under Rubber in Ceylon ... 121 

 Board of Agriculture, Ceylon 115, 197, 350, 



433, 436, 513 



Botany, Lessons in Elementary 97, 191, 277, 



340. 413, 505 



Brand Marks on Kandyan Cattle ... 253 

 Cacao, Cultivation in Ceylon, 73, 144, 311, 



3S0, 480 

 475 



206 

 232 

 318 

 489 

 231 

 407 

 486 



497 



Camphor Industry, Ceylon 

 Castilloa Elaetica, Introduction to 



the East of ... 

 Coconut Germination of the 



,, Cultivation of the 



„ Diseases of the... 

 Cotton in Ceylon 



Crushing of Cattle by the Kandyans 

 Dry Grains of Ceylon 

 Encouragement of Arts and Crafts 

 in Ceylon 



Entomological Notes 82, 193, 248, 394, 492 

 Improvement of Local Varieties of 



Plants ... ... 203 



Irrigation in Arizona, Notes on . . 271, 323 

 Lemongrass and Citronella in Ceylon 140 

 Lessons in Elementary Botany 97, 191, 277, 



340, 413, 505 

 Literature of Economic Botany and 



Agriculture... 98, 179, 276, 342. 422. 504 

 Market Gardening in Nuwara Eliya 

 Mycological Notes 

 Nature of the Para Rubber Tree and 



Latex Extraction 

 Poultry Notes... ... 95,250,406,495 



Rubber and Cotton in Ceylon .. 299 



„ Cultivation and Manufacture, 

 Notes on 



,, Cultivation and the Future 

 Production 



,, Cultivation, The Science of 



,, Exhibition, Ceylon 



„ in London 



,, Overproduction in 



„ Preparation of Block 



„ Price of 



„ Shipment to London 



Tapping Demonstration at 

 Henaratgoda ... 



„ Vulcanisation ... 

 Sanitation on Estates ... 

 Termes Gestroi, the Hevea Rubber 



Termite .... ... ... 85 



86 

 214 



22 



442 



3 

 280 

 367 

 441 

 469 

 357 

 358 



460 

 281 

 506 



Page. 



Tobacco Cultivation in Jaffna .. 245,315 

 Villape Agriculture, Possibilities of 



Improvementiu ... ... 119 



Gums, Resins, Saps and Exudations:— 



Achres or Chicle Gum ... ... 229 



Camphor Cultivation in Southern 



India ... ... 378 



,, Ceylon Industry ... 475 



,, Cultural Directions ... 34 

 ,, Industry, 1905, The 



Chinese ... ... 377 



Chicle Gum, Tapping and Preparing 229 



Zapote Tree (Achres sapota) in Mexico 229 



Rubber :— 



Castilloa Elastica: 



Black Water of Castilloa ... 128 



Coagulation of Latex by Chemicals 21 

 Cultivation in Nicaragua ... 17, 126 



Fungi on Trees ... .... 86 



Introduction to the East ... 206 



Latex Coagulating ... ... 20 



,, Manipulation of ... ... 19 



,, Treatment after Coagulation 12b" 

 Nicaragua, Cultivation in ... 17, 126 



Resin in Young Trees ... ... 128 



Tapping Methods ... ... 17 



Yields in Mexico ... ... 123 



,, of Castilloa ... ... 128 



Cultivation in Colombia ... 471 



Guayulc, Use of .. ... ... 457 



Hevea, Brasdiensis or Para : 



Bark Renewal ... ... 467 



,, Varieties of ... ... 12 



Block Para, Preparation of ... 469 



Canker Fungus ... ... 86 



Caoutchouc in Brazil Rubber ... 281 



,, in Latex, Proportions of 452 



Characters of Hevea ... ... 443 



Cultivation in Malay Peninsula ... 22 



,, Science of ... ... 3 



Disease, Spread of ... ... 5 



Drying Rubber. Points in ... 24 



Foliage, Development of ... 4 



„ Effect of Increased ... 8 



Forking, Effect of ... ... 6 



Fungi on Rubber ... ... 86 



Inter-crops v. Clean-weediDg „. 8 



Irrigation, Cultivation under ... 301 



Latex, Chemical Composition of ... 281 



,, Coagulation of .. ... 468 



,, Effect of Removing .. 217 



,, Extraction ... 214 



,, from Seed .. ... 223 



Manuring for ... ... 216 



,, Trees without ... ... 226 



,, Tubes Drying up... .. 216 



,, without Rubber ... .. 46t 



Laticiferous Cells, Origin and For- 

 mation of ., ... 215 



