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Tea Effect of Burying Organic 



Matter on Quality of ... 383 



,, Prunings, Disposal of ... 295 

 Teas for Colombo Market, Sorting 



and Grading ... ... 52 



Tomato Cultivation in the Tropics 291 



Vanilla, Analysis of ... ... 219 



„ in Seychelles ... ... 379 



„ in Tahiti ... ... 218 



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Red Ants (Mcophylla) Cure for ... 299 



Ked Borer (Zcuzera coffece) in Tea ... 177 



Red Slug (Hctcrusia cingala) in Tea 177 

 Ribbed-mite (Phytoptus carinatus) 



on Tea ..." ... ... 388 



Rice Pest (Nymphula) ... ... 300 



Scale Insects (Aspidiotus camel lice) 



on Castilloa... ... .. 389 



Shot hole borer, Smearoleum for... 299 



Tea Caterpillar Pest (Narosa conspersa) 67 



„ Pests (Helops) ... ... 67 



Tortrix Pest {Capua coffearia) .. 388 



,, ,, in Ceylon ... ... 301 



Scientific Agriculture :— 



Aberdeenshire Association, The 402, 404 



Agricultural Wants of Jaffna ... 74 



Agriculture and the Empire 401, 405 



Green Manures, Notes on ... 408 

 Lime's Influence on Plant Diseases 180 



Liming of Soils ...70,180 



Nitrogen in Air and Plants ... 402 



MYCOLOGY : 



Branch Canker in Tea .. ... 69 



Brown Blight in Ceylon ... 68 



Mycoiogical Notes ... .. 68,224 



Thread Blight .. ... 224 



Plant Sanitation :— 



Bordeaux Mixture, Physiological 



Effects of 389 



Testing ... 393 



,. Mixtures, Preparation of 390 



Copper Compounds as Fungicides 390 

 Fungicides for Preventing Diseases 



of Fruits, Uses of ... 390 



,, Preparation of ... 390 



Sulphur ... ... 396 



Groundnut Leaf Disease ... 390 



Spraying Mixtures ... ... 225 



Sulphur Fungicides ... ... 396 



Horticulture :— 



Antirrhinums, Cultivation of ... 314 



Brussels Sprouts, Cultivation of ... 81 



Carrot Cultivation Notes ... 315 



Cabbage Club Rust ... ... 191 



Gardening Notes Seasonal 80, 189, 230 

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Hill Districts . . 81, 190 231 314 



Lawns in Ceylon, Making .„ 190 



Potato Cultivation in Ceylon ... 232 



Pot Plants, Care of ... ... 80 



Potting Compost for Plants ... 80 



Propagation of Plants ... ... 309 



Shade Trees .. ... ... 313 



Streptocarpus, Cultivation of ... 314 



Tomato Cultivation ... ... 399 



ENTOMOLOGY 



Buprestid Beetle (Psiloptcra fastuosa) 300 



Case Worms (Psychidee) ... 298 

 Coconut Caterpillar (Nephantis 



ierinopa) ... ... ... 299 



Crickets {Gryllus sp.) in Lawns, Cure 



for ... ... ... 178 



Crotalaiia Pest (Polyommatus bocticus) 300 

 Entomological Motes, Monthly 



... 67, 177 298 38S 

 Eri Cocoons, Pest of (Dcrmestes 



vulpinus) ... ... ... 389 



Hornets (Vcspa cincta) Attacking 



Apiaries ... ... ... 179 



Lantuna bug (Orthczia insignis) in 



Ceylon ... ... ... 177 



Locusts in Ceylon (Aidarcli.es miliaria) 178 



Lonfzicorn Beetle on Rubber ... 67 



Nettle Grub (Thosea) on Tea ... 388 



Pot Bellied Sickness of Tobacco ... 177 

 Ptei olophia Annulata, Longicorn 



Beetle on Rubber ... 67 



Education :— 



Agricultural Education in Various 

 Countries 



Education and Agricultural Pro- 

 gress in Denmark and Ceylon .. 



235, 316 

 233 



Live Stock :— 



APICULTURE: 

 Advice to Beginners in Bee-keeping 

 Apiaries Attacked by Hornets 

 Bees Carry Pollen, Age at which .. 

 Pollen, Age at which Bees carry ... 



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