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INDEX. 



Page. 



Fibre Extracting Machinery ... 212 

 ,, ,, Phormium ... 217 

 Flax Cultivation New, Zealand (Phor- 

 mium tenax) ... ... 213 



Furcraea Fibres, Report on Madras 269 



,, Gigantea (Mauritius Hemp) 271 



Maguey Cultivation ... ... 210 



Mauritius Hemp ... ... 271 



Paper and Pulp Manufacture in 



Burma ... ... ... 355 



Philippine Fibres and Fibrous Sub- 

 stances ... ... ... 140 



Ramie or Rhea in Tirhut ... 273 



Rhea or Ramie ... ... 129 



Sisal Hemp ... ... ... 270 



,, Cultivation ... ... 210 



Edible Products :— 



Arrowroot Industry ... ... 361 



Cacao, Criolo Budded on Forastero ... 360 



,, Trade, Review of the ... 359 



Canning Fruit for Preserving ... 368 



Cassava, Poison in ... ... 161 



Chillie Peppers, Cultivation of ... 24 

 Coconut Cultivation in Southern 



Province, Ceylon ... 278 

 „ Manuring ... ...279,280 



,, Trees per Acre ... ... 280 



,, Yield per Acre ... ... 280 



Coffee Valorisation Scheme ... 361 



Decay of Ripe Fruit, To Prevent ... 236 



Dry Grains Cultivated in Ceylon ... 22 



Formosa Oolong Teas ... ... 229 



„ Tea Industry ... ... 228 



Fruit Cultivation in Ceylon ... 277 



,, Decay, To Prevent Rapid ... 236 



,, Preserving ... ... 367 



Grains in Ceylon, Dry ... . . 69 



Ground-nut Cultivation ... .. 231 



,, ,, Industry at Marseilles 235 



,, ,, ,, ,, Pondicherry 365 

 ,, ,, or Pea-nut ... ... 86, 150 



„ Yields of ... ... 233 



Heeleaka Tea Experiment Station . . 72 



Oolong Teas, Formosa ... ... 229 



Paddy Cultivation in Badulla, Ceylon 146 



,, in Demerara, Ceylon ... 366 

 PUspalum DiZatatum : An American 



Fodder-Grass ... ... 164 



Pea-nut Cultivation ... , . 231 

 ,, or Ground-nut ... .. 86, 150 



Poison in Food Plants ... ... 161 



Prickly Pear as Fodder ... ... 167 



Ranawara Tea of Ceylon . . . 230 



Rozelle ... ... ... 125 



Sugar as Food, Value of ... 363 



Tea, Ceylon's Import Duty on .. 148 



,, Consumption, Increase in .. 360 



„ China ... ... ... 284 



„ Culture in Japan ... ... 79 



Districts, Elevations of Ceylon 227 



,, Industry, Formosa .,. 228 



,, in Heeleaka Experiment Station 72 



j, Manufacture in Japan .. 79 



Teas, Ceylon ... ... 226 



World's Leading .. _ ...226,234 

 Tobacco Manuring Experiments in 



Ceylon ... ... ... 281 



Tobacco Seed, How to Save the Best 357 

 Transplanting in Paddy Cultivation 



at Dikdeniya, Ceylon ... 145 



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91, 219 

 289 

 289 



Timbers :— 



Chloroxylon Swietenia or Satinwood 

 Satinwood, Chloroxylon Swietenia... 

 Wood in Paper Making 



,, Products, Possibilities of 

 ,, Pulp-Making Patents 

 Pliant Sanitation :— 

 Entomology : 



Camphor, Boring-beetle on ... 297 



Castor Plant, Scale-bug on ... 297 



Ceara Seeds, Worms in ... .. 29 



Copra, Larvae in ... ... 297 



Entomological Notes ... 29, 181, 296 



Insects, Importation of Beneficial ... 104 



Mosquito6&, To Prevent Breeding of 297 



Nettle Grubs (Thosea), Cure for ... 296 



Palmyra Palms, Disease of ... 30 



Shot Hole Borer and Shade ... 183 



„ ,, ,, To Destroy ... 182 



Tea Aphis (Ceylonia theaecola) ... 29 



,, Nettle Grub on ... ... 29 



,, Tortvix {Cup tat, eoffearia) ... 29 

 White Ants (Calotermes militaris) on Tea 181 



Mycology '■ 



Cqprinia on Kickxia Rubber ... 296 

 Poria-hypolateritia Fungus on Tea ... 293 



Rosellinia Fungus on Tea ... 292 



Tea Primings, Burial of ...295,296 



Root Diseases ... 292 -295 



Ustuliha Fungus on Tea ... 293 



Scientific Agriculture :— 



Arid Districts, Cultivation in ... 370 



Basic Slag, Value of ... ... 184 



Green Manuring, Progress in the 



Practice of ... ... ... 372 



Humus in Agriculture, Importance of 298 

 Leguminous Crops, Fertilising In- 

 gredients in ... ... 375 



Manuring Cacao ... .. 298 



Horticulture :— 



Garden Accessories ... ... 101 



Mulching .. ... ... 185 



Lawns, Making and Upkeep of ... 33 



Roots, Growth and Formation of ... 35 



Live Stock :— 



Apiculture : 



Apiculture in Ceylon 

 Bee-keeping Appliances ... 

 Hive, To make a 



,, Frames, To make ... 

 Poultry : 



Egg-Eating, Cure for 

 Eggs in Water Glass, Preserving ... 

 Favus or Ringworm in Fowls 

 Feather Eating, Cure for 

 Poultry, Diseases of 



,, Enteritis in 

 Ringworm in Poultry ... . . 



Miscellaneous : 



Cockroaches, and Remedies for them 

 Dog, Rabies in the ... ... 



Miscellaneous :— 



Agricultural Associations in India . c 

 , , Co-operation 



Institute, International 



327, 377 

 329 

 327 

 328 



41 

 324 

 41 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 41 



239 

 38 



303 

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