INDEX. 
Arboriculture in India ... ... ... 8G0 
Argol, Price of... ... ... •■• VI 
Arrowroot in Victoria ... ... ... 343 
Arsenic as an Insecticide ... ... ... 002 
Artesian Wells ... ... ... ' 578 735 
Artichoke Cultivation ... ... 370. 370 -142 
Artificial Drying of Coffee ... 141, 145, 4"P, 856 
. Fertilizers, Sales of, in America ... 72 
Indiarubber ... ... •■• 982 
Indigo ... ... 160, 874 
Manures for Farms ... ... 614 
■ Poultry Raising ... ... .... 24 
Asbestos Taint ... ... ... ... 920 
Asparagus Cultivation ... ... 370, 379 
Asphalte, Compressed ... ... ... 356 
Walks ... ... ... 130 
Assafcetida, Price of ... ... ... 2 
Assam. Government Plantations in ... ... 1075 
Tea Planting in, Cost of ... ... 19 
Aster Cultivation ... ... .,, 656 
Atmospheric Electricity, Effects of, on Vine ... 861 
Australasia, Tea and Coffee for ... ... 745 
Australia. Adulteration of Tea in ... (See Teal 
— and the East, Commerce between ... 843 
, Ceylon Tea and Coffee, &c, in 6-12,28,34, 
83,151,197-214 230, 251,258, 263, 311,402. 
452, 453, 500, 5S3, 588, 743, 8S9 
.Coffee Cultivation in ... 26. 192 
.Food Consumption in ... ... 1040 
■ .Gold in ... ... ... 20 
.Indian Tea in 148, 173, 232, 250,263, 392, 42S 
500, 571, 583, 681-3, 689, 888, 889, 
916, 1026, 1037, 1078 
-,Lantana in 
-,Liberian Coffee Cultivation in 
-.Northern, Cooly Labour for 
-, Ostrich Farming in 
-.Sheep in 
-, South. Northern Territory of 
-.Tea Cultivation in 
, Tropical Produce in 
191 
... 990 
... 423 
950. 1059 
474, 628, 670 
Australian Fruit for Ceylon, India, and England 
120, 140, 142, 146, 152, 153, 190, 211, 229, 493 
Magpies ... ... ... 121 
Meat and Flour Biscuits ... 150, 229 
Tea Season 1880-81 ... ... 244 
1881-2 ... ... 261 
— Wattle ... ... ... 251 
Awards to Ceylon Exhibitors at the Melbourne Exhi- 
bition ... (See Melbourne Exhibition) 
Awisawella, New Products at 
B. 
Baker, Sir Samuel, on Bees in Ceylon... ... 29 
Bambarabotuwa, Gems in ... ... ... 841 
Bamboo Cultivation ... ... ... 306 
— Fences... ... ... ... 108 
,Giant, in Ceylon ... ... 245, 375 
Bamboos and Mangoes ... ... ... 248 
for Cacao Plants ... ... ... 25 
Banana Cultivation in Colombia ... ... 533 
Banana 1 ultivation in Jamaica ... ... 869 
Trade ... ... ... ... 858 
Bananas, Dried, from Jamaica ... ... 634 
Bangalore, Coffee Cultivation at, in 1828 ... 278 
Barbados ... ... ... ... 560 
Tar for Mange ... ... ... 689 
Bark. Cinchona ... ... (See Cinchona) 
Barley, Effect of Saltpetre on ... ... 862 
Barnyard .Manure, Analysis of %m ... 72 
Barrels, Wood Pulp for ... ... ... 478 
Barren Apricots 308 
Page. 
Bartonia Cultivation . . . . . . 736 
Baskets for Cacao Plants ... ... ... 25 
Bats Eating Beetles ... ... ... 263 
Beans Cultivation of ... ... 371-2, 379 
Bef'ie-de-Mer ... .. ... ... 856 
Beddome. Col., in Ceylon ... ... ... 365 
on Cinchona in Ceylon 583, 593-7, 711 
on the Nilgiri Cinchona Plantations 
635-40, 691 -700 
Beer. Nilgiri ... ... ... ... 758 
Bee Cultivation in California ... ... 90 
Culture ... ... 464 776,875 
Bees and Coffee Blossoms 497, 533, 559, 590, 603, 763 
and ' olo.-s ... ... ... 824 
as Flower Fertilizers ... ... ... 950 
.Cyorian ... ... ... ... 42 
-.Humble, Introduction of, into New Zealand 1028 
371, a: 
... 423 
13, 29, 33, 52, 438 
. 30, 42, 52, 351 
2 
9 864 
. r ... 662 
... 25 
... 263 
... 1001 
... 294 
737-40 
. 261, 265-70, 770 
... 798 
... 356 
... 331 
30, 42, 52 
... 353 
... 957 
... 447 
... 952 
... 857 
121, 438, 614 
... 314 
In Ceylon ... 
,Mr. F. Benton on 
Bees' Wax Price of 
Beet Cultivation 
, Manu ring of 
Beetles as Enemies of Cacao 
, Bats Eating 
Eating Cinchonas .. 
Bellary, Agriculturist's Tour in 
Bencooleri. Spice Cultivation in 
Bengal Cinchona Plantations 
, Horticulture in 
, Indiarubber Cultivation in 
,Tea and Coffee Cultivation in 
Benton, Mr. F., on Bee Culture 
Berberry, Disease of 
Betel-nut and Fever 
Beverage, New... 
Bifacial Oranges 
Bi rd -catching Sedge 
Birds as Insectivores 
Bleeding, To Stop 
Blight American. Cure.for ... ... 302 
on Fruit Trees, Preventive or Cure for ... 473 
Blossom. Setting of, and Manure ... ... 126 
Blue Gum. Champion ... ... 354, 366 
. Rapid Growth of ... ... .670 
Bohemian Tea ... ... ... ... 132 
Bolivia, Cinchona Cultivation in 385, 590, 1002, 1024 
.Indiarubber Cultivation in ... ... 590 
Bombay Agricultural and Manufacturing Co. . . . 224 
Bonedust Manure ... ... ... 258 
Bone-meal ... ... ... ... 243 
Bones, To Dissolve ... ... ... 130 
.Value of, as a Fertilizer ... ... 300 
Boots, Waterproofing ... ... ... 315 
,Wet ... ... ... ... 314 
Borecole Cultivation ... ... 371 379 
Borer in oconut Palms ... ... 665, 925 
Borneo. North ... ... 223,859,981,987,1005 
1 Co. ... ... ... 741 
Planting in ... 177,438,486,603 
... 942 
... 759 
379, 385 
96-9, 1041-56 
... 600 
... 785 
... S58 
38, 63, 145 
... 736 
384, 428 
... 376 
... 978 
... 742 
539 
590, 591, 982 
, Trade among the Dyaks of 
Botanical Enterprize in the Colonies 
Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 
, Ceylon Royal 7 
in India... 
in New Zealand 
.Trinidad 
Boxes, Tea, Lacquered Tin 
Brachycome ( ultivation ... 
Bran Feed for Cows ... ... 
Brazil, Agriculture in 
, Agricultural Industry in 
as a Field for. Indian Immigrants 
, Chinese Question in .. 
Coffee Crop ..„ ' ... 
