. INDEX. 
Plants, Fertilisation of . . 
, Fibrous 
, Flowering 
for Overcoming Drifting Sand 
Growth of 
, Gummy and Resinous Matters in 
, Microscopic Structure of, and its 
Relation to Cultivation . . 
, Preventing the Descent of Parts of 
Plaster 
Pleuroneumonia, Cure for 
Ploughing by Means of Electric Motors 
Ploughs 
PAGE. 
419 
318 
870 
272 
366, 520 
886 
52 
118 
208 
391, 400 
539 
150, 343 
Plumbago, Borrowdale . . . . 848 
, Exports of 143, 213, 303, 383. 463, 527, 
5926, 603, 675, 739, 811, 883, 
, in Ceylon . . 657, 687, 855 
Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 384, 
464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Poetry .. .. 171,203,259,523 
Poisonous Plants, Anomalies of . . 77 
Pompey’s Pillar . . . . 77 
Porcupines .. .. .. 405,596 
Potato Cultivation 71, 302, 449, 569, 474, 548, Sup. 
Disease, Remedy for . . 314, 8t>2 
, Sweet . . . . . . 72 
Potatoes as Pen-wipers . . . , 547 
Poultry . . . . [See Fowls] 
Prairie Grass . . . . . . 239 
Precious Stones . . . . [See Genrs] 
Stones and Phosphorescence 831 
Produce Clearing House .. .. 339,708 
— , Notes on 42, 61, 155, 185, 338, 398, 403, 
432, 454, 549, 553, 589, 592, 620. 
630, 648, 660, 708, 791, 842, 877 
, Theft of, in Ceylon 419, 447, 473, 542, 
549, 614, 615, 625 
Products, Markets Rates for all Old and New 64, 
144, 224, 304, 384, 464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Professor Oliver .. .. 104 
Phyllanthus Emblica . . , , 227 
Prunes in California . . . . 828 
Pumice Stone . . . . . . 177 
Purple, London... .. [See London Purple] 
Queensland, Cyclones in .. .. 47 
, Planting in . . . . 47, 272 
Quinine, Adulteration of , . . . 129 
— , American . . . . 822 
.Cheap .. .. 716 
, Consumption of . . . . 120, 801 
, Depressing of . . . . 824 
— in India . . . . 832 
Market 88, 119, 161, 175, 291, 347, 418, 
475, 497, 510, 523, 545, 596, 620, 626, 
634, 666, 702, 760, 761, 783, 878 
, Properties of .. ..129, 178, 420 
Prospects .. .. 161,291 
Ring in America . . 772 
, Substitute for ... .. 674 
, Uses of ... .. 236 
Works, Amsterdam . . 200 
for Sale . . . . 121 
R. 
Rabbits 
Rags as a IManure for Tea 
Railway for East Africa . 
, in Africa 
ill Brazil 
in Ceylon 
in India 
in Jamaica 
316,693 
[See Manures] 
76 
. . 603 
328, 542 
355, 397, 449, 725 
128, 545 
396 
Raihvay Sleepers 
-, Trans-Saharan 
PAGE, 
352, 467 
345 
Rain in Eastern Asia ... ... 512 
Rainfall, Experiments in the Production of .306 
in Ceylon .. [See Ceylon] 
in India .. ... [See India] 
Ramie ... ... ...[SeeRheaJ 
Rats ,. ... ... 408,491 
Reafforestation,.. .. [See Forests} 
Red Gum ... ... [See Eucalyptus] 
Wood, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 
384, 464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Reid, Mr. David ... ... 649 
Rhea as Food for Silkworms ... 279 
Cultivation and Preparation 321, 720, 859 
Machinery ,. ... 141 
Rheumatism, Chronic, Cure for . . 633 
Rhubarb, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 384, 
464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
871 
10, 32, 56, 69, 108, L50, 360, 366, 
411, 428, 444, 450, 458, 462, 480, 
606, 608, 626, 747 . 
Insects in Ceylon . . [See Insect .:X> ' ^ j 
.Japan .. ... ... ^ b 
— Meal .. .. udl 
Rinderpest .. [See Cattle .Di.'eas:;;;] 
Roof-Covering, Material for ... 637, 671 
Rice, Analysis of 
Cultivation 
Root Galls 
Hope Motor, Steel 
Ropes, Preserving of 
Rose Cultivation 
Royal Society .. 
Rubber 
Rubies in Siam 
, Manufacture of 
Ruby Mines of Burma 
Mining in Mysore ... 
Ruminant Men 
Russia, Ceylon Produce in 
, Tea in 
, Rice Cultivation in 
780 
326 
756 
... 77, 140,357,389,870 
36,39 
... [See Indiarubber] 
505 
512, 520, 587, 836,840, 841 
[See Burma] 
... [See Mysore] 
152 
553 
. . [See J'ea] 
626 
489 
Rust on Wheat and Fruit Trees 
Sacred Trees of the World 380 
Safflower, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 384, 
464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Sago, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 384, 464, 
528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Palm ... ... ... 39 
Sfiidapet Experimental Farm ... 743 
St. Helena ... ... ... 698 
St. Louis Botanic Gardens ... 272 
Sale of Estates 522, 568, 613, 614, 618, 727, 753, 
762, 799, 854 
Salt as a Fertilizer ... [See Manures] 
in Coconut Cultivation 733, 736, .807, 861, 868 
Manufacture in China . . 870 
Saltpetre from Bats’ Dung ... 70 
Sambas, Mining and Planting in .. 597 
Sandalwood, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 
384, 464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Sanitation and Irrigation . . . . 128 
Sap of Trees .. ... 359,431 
Sapanwood, Exports of ... ... 5926 
, Market Rates for 64, 144, 224, 304, 
384, 464, 528, 604, 676, 740, 812, 884 
Saj^phires in Kaslimir ... ... 46 
in Siam ... ... 505 
Sao Paulo, Planting in ... ... 245 
Sarcocephalus Cordatus ... ... 608 
Sarsa]>arilla, Jamaica ... .. 600, Sup. 
Satsuma Orange ... „ 519 
Sawmills in North Borneo ... 105 
