INDEX FOR APRIL NUMBER. 



Page. 



Peradeniya Notes, Lectures, etc:— 



Agricultural Society Progress Report 264 



Tools ... ... 199 



Board of Agriculture ... ... 263 



Education and Agricultural Progress 



in Denmark and Ceylon ... 233 



Gardening Notes, Seasonal ... 230 



„ „ for the Hill 



Districts ... ... ... 231 



Literature of Economic Botany and 



Agriculture ... ... ... 244 



Mycological Notes ... ... 224 



Economic Products of the Vegetable 

 Kingdom :— 



Gums,' Resins, Saps, etc.: 



Rubber, Castilloa in the Philippines 202 



,, Ceara in the Philippines ... 202 

 „ Culture in the Philippine 



Islands ... ... 201 



,, Exhibition, Ceylon 203, 206 



,, London Market... ... 207 



,, Para in the Philippines ... 201 



,, Prices in 1905, Review of ... 204 



Washed, from the Far East 204 

 Dye Stuffs and Tanning Substances : 



Acacia Decurrens or Black Wattle ... 209 

 Kamala (Mallolus Philippensis) a Dye 



Stuff ... ... ... 209 



Wattle, the Black (Acacia decurrens) 209 



Oils and Fats: 



Copra Industry for Hawaii, A Possible 211 



„ Mills in America ... ... 211 



Coconut Oil in the United States ... 211 

 Fibres : 



Kapok or Silk Cotton (Eriodendron 



anfractuomm) ... ... 213 



Floss from Funtumia elastica ... 213 



Edible Products : 



Cacao drying Apparatus... ... 218 



in British Honduras ... 218 



Copra in Tahiti ... ... 218 



Formalin for Fruit Conservation . . . 222 



Fruit Conservation by Formalin ... 222 



Groundnuts or Peanuts ... 216 



Peanuts or Groundnuts ... ... 216 



Pineapple Industry, Co-operation in 



Hawaiian ... ... 214 



,, Syrup, Preparation of ... 221 



Tea, Brick for Tibet ... ... 219 



,, Manufacture and Prepara- 

 tion of ... ... ... 219 



Vanilla, Analysis of ... ... 219 



in Tahiti ... ... 218 



Page. 



Scientific Agriculture :— 



Plant Sanitation : 



Mycological Notes ... ... 224 



ThreadBlight ... ... 224 



Spraying Mixtures ... ... 225 



Hoi ticulture : 



Gardening Notes ... ... 230 



„ „ for Hill Districts ... 231 



Potato Cultivation in Ceylon ... 232 



Education : — 



Agricultural Education in Various 

 Countries ... ... ... 235 



Education and Agricultural Progress 

 in Denmark and Ceylon ... 233 



Live Stock:— 



Apiculture : 



Advice to Beginners in Bee-keeping 241 



Miscellaneous :— 



Agricultural Credit Banks ... 249 



Agricultural Society Progress Report 264 



Agriculture, Indian Department of 259 

 Agri-Horticultural Shows, Instructions 



to Exhibitors ... ... 260 



Banks, Agricultural Credit ... 249 

 Board of Agriculture, Ceylon ... 263 

 Co-operative Societies, Farmers' ... 254 

 Exhibition, Lagos Agricultural ... 248 

 „ Weligama Korale Agri- 

 Horticultural ... ... 245 



Farmers' Co-operative Societies ... 254 

 Irrigation in Ceylon, Future Pros- 

 pects of ... ... ... 252 



Literature of Economic Botany and 



Agriculture ... ... ... 244 



Weligama Korale Agri-Horticultural 



Exhibition ... ... ... 245 



Current Literature:— 



Diseases of the Horse's Foot, The ... 261 

 Land Revenue Administration, 



C. P. India ... ... ... 261 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, 



Guide to the ... ... 261 



Correspondsnee : — 



Caravonica Cotton ... ... 262 



Rubber Plants, Stumping ... 262 



Sarsaparilla ... ... ... 261 



