Tacitus, on the care taken by the Celts in breeding animals, ii.202.Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, ii.20.Tahiti, varieties of cultivated plants in, ii.256.Tail, occasional development of, in man, ii.57;never curled in wild animals, ii.301;rudimentary in Chinese sheep, ii.315.Tail-feathers, numbers of, in breeds of pigeons, i. 158-159;peculiarities of, in cocks, i. 254-255;variability of, in fowls, i. 258;curled, inAnas boschas, and tame drakes, i. 280.Talent, hereditary, ii.7.Tankerville, Earl of, on Chillingham cattle, i. 84, ii.119.Tanner, Prof., effects of disuse of parts in cattle, ii.299.Tapir, sterility of the, in captivity, ii.150.Targioni-Tozzetti, on cultivated plants, i. 306;on the vine, i. 332;varieties of the peach, i. 342;origin and varieties of the plum, i. 345;origin of the cherry, i. 347;origin of roses, i. 366.Tarsus, variability of the, in fowls, i. 259;reproduction of the, in a thrush, ii.15.Tartars, their preference for spiral-horned sheep, ii.209.Tavernier, abundance of pigeons in Persia, i. 205.Taxus baccata, ii.18.Teebay, Mr., reversion in fowls, ii.38.Teeth, number and position of, in dogs, i. 34;deficiency of, in naked Turkish dogs, i. 35;period of appearance of, in breeds of dogs, i. 35;precocity of, in highly bred animals, ii.322;correlation of, with hair, ii.326;double row of, with redundant hair, in Julia Pastrana, ii.328;affected in form by hereditary syphilis and by pulmonary tubercle, ii.332;fusion of, ii.341;developed on the palate, ii.391.Tegetmeier, Mr., on a cat with monstrous teeth, i. 48;on a swift-like pigeon, i. 157;naked young of some pigeons, i. 170;fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192;on white pigeons, ii.230;reversion in crossed breeds of fowls, i. 239-244;chicks of the white silk-fowl, i. 249;development of the cranial protuberance in Polish fowls, i. 250;on the skull in the Polish fowl, i. 257, 262;on the intelligence of Polish fowls, i. 264;correlation of the cranial protuberance and crest in Polish fowls, i. 274;development of the web in the feet of Polish fowls, i. 259;early development of several peculiarities in Spanish cocks, i. 250;on the comb in Spanish fowls, i. 253;on the Spanish fowl, ii.306;varieties of game-fowls, i. 252;pedigrees of game-fowls, ii.3;assumption of female plumage by a game cock, i. 253;natural selection in the game cock, ii.225;pugnacity of game hens, i. 256;length of the middle toe in Cochin fowls, i. 259;origin of the Sebright bantam, ii.54;differences in the size of fowls, i. 257;effect of crossing in fowls, i. 258, ii.96;effects of interbreeding in fowls, ii.124-125;incubation by mongrels of non-sitting races of fowls, ii.44;inverse correlation of crest and comb in fowls, i. 274;occurrence of pencilled feathers in fowls, ii.40;on a variety of the goose from Sebastopol, i. 289;on the fertility of the peahen, ii.112;on the intercrossing of bees, ii.126.Temminck, origin of domestic cats, i. 43;origin of domestic pigeons, i. 180;onColumba guinea, i. 182;onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;asserted reluctance of some breeds of pigeons to cross, i. 192;sterility of hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;variations ofGallus bankiva, i. 235;on a buff-coloured breed of Turkeys, i. 293;number of eggs laid by the peahen, ii.112;breeding of Guans in captivity, ii.156;behaviour of grouse in captivity,ibid.;sterility of the partridge in captivity,ibid.Tendrilsin Cucurbitaceæ, i. 358, ii.316.Tennent, Sir J. E., on the goose, i. 287;on the growth of the apple in Ceylon, ii.277;on the Jaffna sheep, ii.302.Teredo, fertilisation in, ii.363.Terriers, wry-legged, ii.245;white, subject to distemper, ii.336.Teschemacher, on a husked form of maize, i. 320.Tessier, on the period of gestation of the dog, i. 29;of the pig, i. 74;in cattle, i. 87;experiments on change of soil, ii.147.Tetrao, breeding of species of, in captivity, ii.156.Tetrapteryx paradisea, ii.156.Teucrium campanulatum, pelorism in, ii.345.Texas, feral cattle in, i. 85.Theognis, his notice of the domestic fowl, i. 246.Theophrastus, his notice of the peach, ii.308.Thesium, ii.284.Thompson, Mr., on the peach and nectarine, i. 342;on the varieties of the apricot, i. 344;classification of varieties of cherries, i. 347-348;on the "Sister ribston-pippin," i. 350;on the varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354, 355.Thompson, William, on the pigeons of Islay, i. 184;feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;colour of the bill and legs in geese, i. 288;breeding ofTetrao scotiusin captivity, ii.156;destruction of black-fowls by the osprey, ii.230.Thompson, Prof. W., on the obliquity of the flounder, ii.53.Thorns, reconversion of, into branches, in pear trees, ii.318.Thorn, grafting of early and late, i. 363;Glastonbury, i. 364.Thrush, asserted reproduction of the tarsus in a, ii.15.Thuja pendulaorfiliformis, a variety ofT. orientalis, i. 362.Thuret, on the division of the zoospores of an alga, ii.378.Thwaites, G. H., on the cats of Ceylon, i. 46;on a twin seed ofFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.Tiburtius, experiments in rearing wild ducks, i. 278.Tiger, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.150,151.Tigridia conchiflora, bud-variation in, i. 386.Time, importance of, in the production of races, ii.243.Tinzmann, self-impotence in the potato, ii.137.Tissues, affinity of, for special organic substances, ii.380.Titmice, destructive to thin-shelled walnuts, i. 356;attacking nuts, i. 357;attacking peas, ii.231.Tobacco, crossing of varieties of, ii.108;cultivation of in Sweden, ii.307.Tobolsk, red-coloured cats of, i. 47.Toes, relative length of, in fowls, i. 259;development of fifth in dogs, ii.317.Tollet, Mr., his selection of cattle, ii.199.Tomato, ii.91.Tomtits. SeeTitmice.Tongue, relation of, to the beak in pigeons, i. 168.Tooth, occurrence of a molar, in place of an incisor, ii.391."Torfschwein," i. 68.Trail, R., on the union of half-tubers of different kinds of potatoes, i. 395.Trees, varieties of, suddenly produced, i. 361;weeping or pendulous, i. 361;fastigate or pyramidal, i. 361;with variegated or changed foliage, i. 362;early or late in leaf, i. 362-363;forest, non-application of selection to, ii.237."Trembleur" (pigeons), i. 146.Trembley, on reproduction in Hydra, ii.359."Trevoltini" silkworms, i. 301-302.Trichosanthes anguina, i. 360.Tricks, inheritance of, ii.6-7,395.Trifolium minusandrepens, ii.164.Trimorphicplants, conditions of reproduction in, ii.181-184.Tristram, H. B., selection of the dromedary, ii.205-206.Triticum dicoccum, i. 319.Triticum monococcum, i. 319.Triticum spelta, i. 319.Triticum turgidum, i. 319.Triticum vulgare, wild in Asia, i. 312.Triton, breeding in the branchiferous stage, ii.384."Trommel-Taube," i. 154."Tronfo" pigeon, i. 144.Tropæolum, ii.38.Tropæolum minusandmajus, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.Troubetzkoy, Prince, experiments with pear-trees at Moscow, ii.307.Trousseau, Prof., pathological resemblance of twins, ii.252.Trumpeterpigeon, i. 154;known in 1735, i. 207.Tscharner, H. A. de, graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395.Tschudi, on the naked Peruvian dog, i. 23;extinct varieties of maize from Peruvian tombs, i. 320, ii.425.Tubers, bud-variation by, i. 384-385.Tuckerman, Mr., sterility ofCarex rigida, ii.170.Tuftedducks, i. 281.Tulips, variability of, i. 370;bud-variation in, i. 385-386;influence of soil in "breaking," i. 385.Tumblerpigeon, i. 150-153;short-faced, figured, i. 152;skull figured, i. 163;lower jaw figured, i. 165;scapula and furcula figured, i. 167;early known in India, i. 207;history of, i. 209;sub-breeds of, i. 220;young unable to break the egg-shell, ii.226;probable further modification of, ii.242."Tümmler" (pigeons), i. 150.Tumours, ovarian, occurrence of hairs and teeth in, ii.370;polypoid, origin of, ii.381."Türkische Taube," i. 139.Turbit(pigeon), i. 148.Turkey, domestic, origin of, i. 292-293;crossing of with North American wild Turkey, i. 292-293;breeds of, i. 293;crested white cock, i. 293;wild, characters of, i. 293-294;degeneration of, in India, i. 294, ii.278;failure of eggs of, in Delhi, ii.161;feral on the Parana, i. 190;change produced in by domestication, ii.262.Turkey, striped young pigs in, i. 76.Turner(pigeon), i. 156.Turner, W., on compensation in arteries and veins, ii.300;on cells, ii.370.Turnips, origin of, i. 325;reversion in, ii.31;run wild, ii.33;crosses of, ii.93,96;Swedish, preferred by hares, ii.232;acclimatisation of, in India, ii.311.Turnspit, on an Egyptian monument, i. 17;crosses of the, ii.92.Turtle-dove, white and coloured, crossing of, ii.92.Turtur auritus, hybrids of, withT. cambayensisandT. suratensis, i. 194.Turtur risorius, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;hybrid of, withT. vulgaris,ibid.Turtur suratensis, sterile hybrids of, withT. vulgaris, i. 193;hybrids of, withT. auritus, i. 194.Turtur vulgaris, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;hybrid of, withT. risorius,ibid.;sterile hybrids of, withT. suratensisandEctopistes migratorius,ibid.Tusksof wild and domesticated pigs, i. 76, 77.Tussilago farfara, variegated, i. 384.Twin-seedFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.Tyerman, B., on the pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, ii.87;on the dogs of the Pacific islands, ii.87.Tylor, Mr., on the prohibition of consanguineous marriages, ii.122-123.Udders, development of the, ii.300.Ulex, double-flowered, ii.167.Ulmus campestrisandeffusa, hybrids of, ii.130.Uniformityof character, maintained by crossing, ii.85-90.Unitsof the body, functional independence of the, ii.368-371.Unityor plurality of origin of organisms, i. 13.Upaspoison, ii.380.Urea, secretion of, ii.380.Useand disuse of parts, effects of, ii.295-303,352-353,418-419;in rabbits, i. 124-128;in ducks, i. 284-286.Utility, considerations of, leading to uniformity, ii.241.Valentin, experimental production of double monsters by, ii.340.Vallota, ii.139.Van Beck, Barbara, a hairy-faced woman, ii.4.Van Monson wild fruit-trees, i. 312, ii.260;production of varieties of the vine, i. 333;correlated variability in fruit-trees, ii.330;production of almond-like fruit by peach-seedlings, i. 339.Vanessa, species of, not copulating in captivity, ii.157.Variability, i. 4, ii.371-373,394-397,406-420;causes of, ii.250-270;correlated, ii.319-338,353-355,419-420;law of equable, ii.351-352;necessity of, for selection, ii.192;of selected characters, ii.238-239;of multiple homologous parts, ii.342.Variation, laws of, ii.293-356;continuity of, ii.241;possible limitation of, ii.242,416-417;in domestic cats, i. 45-48;origin of breeds of cattle by, i. 88;in osteological characters of rabbits, i. 115-130;of important organs, i. 359;analogous or parallel, i. 348-352;in horses, i. 55;in the horse and ass, i. 64;in fowls, i. 243-246;in geese, i. 288;exemplified in the production of fleshy stems in cabbages, &c., i. 326;in the peach, nectarine, and apricot, i. 342, 344;individual, in wheat, i. 314.Variegationof foliage, i. 383, ii.167-168.Varietiesand species, resemblance of, i. 4, ii.411-413;conversion of, into species, i. 5;abnormal, ii.413;domestic, gradually produced, ii.414.Varro, on domestic ducks, i. 277;on feral fowls, ii.33;crossing of the wild and domestic ass, ii.206.Vasey, Mr., on the number of sacral vertebræ in ordinary and humped cattle, i. 79;on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.Vaucher, sterility ofRanunculus ficariaandAcorus calamus, ii.170.Vegetables, cultivated, reversion in, ii.31-32;European, culture of, in India, ii.168-169.Veith, Mr., on breeds of horses, i. 49.Verbascum, intercrossing of species of, i. 336, ii.93,105-107;reversion in hybrids of, i. 392;contabescent, wild plants of, ii.165;villosity in, ii.277.Verbascum austriacum, ii.136.Verbascum blattaria, ii.105-106.Verbascum lychnitis, ii.105-106,136.Verbascum nigrum, ii.136.Verbascum phœniceum, ii.107,137;variable duration of, ii.305.Verbascum thapsus, ii.106.Verbenas, origin of, i. 364;white, liability of, to mildew, ii.228,336;scorching of dark, ii.229,336;effect of changed conditions of life on, ii.273.Verlot, on the darkleaved Barberry, i. 362;inheritance of peculiarities of foliage in trees, i. 362;production ofRosa cannabifoliaby bud-variation fromR. alba, i. 381;bud-variation inAralia trifoliata, i. 382;variegation of leaves, i. 383;colours of tulips, i. 386;uncertainty of inheritance, ii.18;persistency of white flowers, ii.20;peloric flowers ofLinaria, ii.58;tendency of striped flowers to uniformity of colour, ii.70;non-intercrossing of certain allied plants, ii.91;sterility ofPrimulæwith coloured calyces, ii.166;on fertile proliferous flowers,ibid.;on the Irish yew, ii.241;differences in theCamellia, ii.251;effect of soil on the variegated strawberry, ii.274;correlated variability in plants, ii.330.Verruca, ii.53,400.Vertebræ, characters of, in rabbits, i. 120-122;in ducks, i. 283-284;number and variations of, in pigeons, i. 165-166;number and characters of, in fowls, i. 266-268;variability of number of, in the pig, i. 74.Vertuch, see Putsche."Verugas," ii.276.Vespucius, early cultivation in Brazil, i. 311.Vibert'sexperiments on the cultivation of the vine from seed, i. 332.Viburnum opulus, ii.185,316.Vicia sativa, leaflet converted into a tendril in, ii.392.Vicunas, selection of, ii.207.Villosityof plants, influenced by dryness, ii.277.Vilmorin, cultivation of the wild carrot, i. 326, ii.217;colours of tulips, i. 386;uncertainty of inheritance in balsams and roses, ii.18;experiments with dwarf varieties ofSaponaria calabricaandTagetes signata, ii.20;reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;on variability, ii.262.Vinca minor, sterility in, ii.170.Vine, i. 332-334;parsley-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the, i. 395;disease of, influenced by colour of grapes, ii.228;influence of climate, &c., on varieties of the, ii.278;diminished extent of cultivation of the, ii.308;acclimatisation of the, in the West Indies, ii.313.Viola, species of, i. 368.Viola lutea, different coloured flowers in, i. 408.Viola tricolor, reversion in, ii.31,47.Virchow, Prof., blindness occurring in the offspring of consanguineous marriages, ii.143;on the growth of bones, ii.294,381;on cellular prolification, ii.295;independence of the elements of the body, ii.369;on the cell-theory, ii.370;presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;of hairs in the brain, ii.391;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380;origin of polypoid excrescences and tumours, ii.381.Virgilon the selection of seed-corn, i. 318, ii.203;of cattle and sheep, ii.202.Virginianislands, ponies of, i. 52.Virgularia, ii.378.Vision, hereditary peculiarities of, ii.8-9;in amphibious animals, ii.223;varieties of, ii.300;affections of organs of, correlated with other peculiarities, ii.328.Vitis vinifera, i. 332-334, 375.Viverra, sterility of species of, in captivity, ii.151.Vogel, varieties of the date palm, ii.256.Vogt, on the indications of stripes on black kittens, ii.55.Voice, differences of, in fowls, i. 259;peculiarities of, in ducks, i. 281;inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.Volz, on the history of the dog, i. 16;ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;domestic ducks unknown to Aristotle, i. 277;Indian cattle sent to Macedonia by Alexander, ii.202;mention of mules in the Bible, ii.202;history of the increase of breeds, ii.244.Von BergonVerbascum phœniceum, ii.305.Voorhelm, G., his knowledge of hyacinths, i. 371, ii.251.Vrolik, Prof., on polydactylism, ii.12;on double monsters, ii.340;influence of the shape of the mother's pelvis on her child's head, ii.344.
Tacitus, on the care taken by the Celts in breeding animals, ii.202.Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, ii.20.Tahiti, varieties of cultivated plants in, ii.256.Tail, occasional development of, in man, ii.57;never curled in wild animals, ii.301;rudimentary in Chinese sheep, ii.315.Tail-feathers, numbers of, in breeds of pigeons, i. 158-159;peculiarities of, in cocks, i. 254-255;variability of, in fowls, i. 258;curled, inAnas boschas, and tame drakes, i. 280.Talent, hereditary, ii.7.Tankerville, Earl of, on Chillingham cattle, i. 84, ii.119.Tanner, Prof., effects of disuse of parts in cattle, ii.299.Tapir, sterility of the, in captivity, ii.150.Targioni-Tozzetti, on cultivated plants, i. 306;on the vine, i. 332;varieties of the peach, i. 342;origin and varieties of the plum, i. 345;origin of the cherry, i. 347;origin of roses, i. 366.Tarsus, variability of the, in fowls, i. 259;reproduction of the, in a thrush, ii.15.Tartars, their preference for spiral-horned sheep, ii.209.Tavernier, abundance of pigeons in Persia, i. 205.Taxus baccata, ii.18.Teebay, Mr., reversion in fowls, ii.38.Teeth, number and position of, in dogs, i. 34;deficiency of, in naked Turkish dogs, i. 35;period of appearance of, in breeds of dogs, i. 35;precocity of, in highly bred animals, ii.322;correlation of, with hair, ii.326;double row of, with redundant hair, in Julia Pastrana, ii.328;affected in form by hereditary syphilis and by pulmonary tubercle, ii.332;fusion of, ii.341;developed on the palate, ii.391.Tegetmeier, Mr., on a cat with monstrous teeth, i. 48;on a swift-like pigeon, i. 157;naked young of some pigeons, i. 170;fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192;on white pigeons, ii.230;reversion in crossed breeds of fowls, i. 239-244;chicks of the white silk-fowl, i. 249;development of the cranial protuberance in Polish fowls, i. 250;on the skull in the Polish fowl, i. 257, 262;on the intelligence of Polish fowls, i. 264;correlation of the cranial protuberance and crest in Polish fowls, i. 274;development of the web in the feet of Polish fowls, i. 259;early development of several peculiarities in Spanish cocks, i. 250;on the comb in Spanish fowls, i. 253;on the Spanish fowl, ii.306;varieties of game-fowls, i. 252;pedigrees of game-fowls, ii.3;assumption of female plumage by a game cock, i. 253;natural selection in the game cock, ii.225;pugnacity of game hens, i. 256;length of the middle toe in Cochin fowls, i. 259;origin of the Sebright bantam, ii.54;differences in the size of fowls, i. 257;effect of crossing in fowls, i. 258, ii.96;effects of interbreeding in fowls, ii.124-125;incubation by mongrels of non-sitting races of fowls, ii.44;inverse correlation of crest and comb in fowls, i. 274;occurrence of pencilled feathers in fowls, ii.40;on a variety of the goose from Sebastopol, i. 289;on the fertility of the peahen, ii.112;on the intercrossing of bees, ii.126.Temminck, origin of domestic cats, i. 43;origin of domestic pigeons, i. 180;onColumba guinea, i. 182;onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;asserted reluctance of some breeds of pigeons to cross, i. 192;sterility of hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;variations ofGallus bankiva, i. 235;on a buff-coloured breed of Turkeys, i. 293;number of eggs laid by the peahen, ii.112;breeding of Guans in captivity, ii.156;behaviour of grouse in captivity,ibid.;sterility of the partridge in captivity,ibid.Tendrilsin Cucurbitaceæ, i. 358, ii.316.Tennent, Sir J. E., on the goose, i. 287;on the growth of the apple in Ceylon, ii.277;on the Jaffna sheep, ii.302.Teredo, fertilisation in, ii.363.Terriers, wry-legged, ii.245;white, subject to distemper, ii.336.Teschemacher, on a husked form of maize, i. 320.Tessier, on the period of gestation of the dog, i. 29;of the pig, i. 74;in cattle, i. 87;experiments on change of soil, ii.147.Tetrao, breeding of species of, in captivity, ii.156.Tetrapteryx paradisea, ii.156.Teucrium campanulatum, pelorism in, ii.345.Texas, feral cattle in, i. 85.Theognis, his notice of the domestic fowl, i. 246.Theophrastus, his notice of the peach, ii.308.Thesium, ii.284.Thompson, Mr., on the peach and nectarine, i. 342;on the varieties of the apricot, i. 344;classification of varieties of cherries, i. 347-348;on the "Sister ribston-pippin," i. 350;on the varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354, 355.Thompson, William, on the pigeons of Islay, i. 184;feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;colour of the bill and legs in geese, i. 288;breeding ofTetrao scotiusin captivity, ii.156;destruction of black-fowls by the osprey, ii.230.Thompson, Prof. W., on the obliquity of the flounder, ii.53.Thorns, reconversion of, into branches, in pear trees, ii.318.Thorn, grafting of early and late, i. 363;Glastonbury, i. 364.Thrush, asserted reproduction of the tarsus in a, ii.15.Thuja pendulaorfiliformis, a variety ofT. orientalis, i. 362.Thuret, on the division of the zoospores of an alga, ii.378.Thwaites, G. H., on the cats of Ceylon, i. 46;on a twin seed ofFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.Tiburtius, experiments in rearing wild ducks, i. 278.Tiger, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.150,151.Tigridia conchiflora, bud-variation in, i. 386.Time, importance of, in the production of races, ii.243.Tinzmann, self-impotence in the potato, ii.137.Tissues, affinity of, for special organic substances, ii.380.Titmice, destructive to thin-shelled walnuts, i. 356;attacking nuts, i. 357;attacking peas, ii.231.Tobacco, crossing of varieties of, ii.108;cultivation of in Sweden, ii.307.Tobolsk, red-coloured cats of, i. 47.Toes, relative length of, in fowls, i. 259;development of fifth in dogs, ii.317.Tollet, Mr., his selection of cattle, ii.199.Tomato, ii.91.Tomtits. SeeTitmice.Tongue, relation of, to the beak in pigeons, i. 168.Tooth, occurrence of a molar, in place of an incisor, ii.391."Torfschwein," i. 68.Trail, R., on the union of half-tubers of different kinds of potatoes, i. 395.Trees, varieties of, suddenly produced, i. 361;weeping or pendulous, i. 361;fastigate or pyramidal, i. 361;with variegated or changed foliage, i. 362;early or late in leaf, i. 362-363;forest, non-application of selection to, ii.237."Trembleur" (pigeons), i. 146.Trembley, on reproduction in Hydra, ii.359."Trevoltini" silkworms, i. 301-302.Trichosanthes anguina, i. 360.Tricks, inheritance of, ii.6-7,395.Trifolium minusandrepens, ii.164.Trimorphicplants, conditions of reproduction in, ii.181-184.Tristram, H. B., selection of the dromedary, ii.205-206.Triticum dicoccum, i. 319.Triticum monococcum, i. 319.Triticum spelta, i. 319.Triticum turgidum, i. 319.Triticum vulgare, wild in Asia, i. 312.Triton, breeding in the branchiferous stage, ii.384."Trommel-Taube," i. 154."Tronfo" pigeon, i. 144.Tropæolum, ii.38.Tropæolum minusandmajus, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.Troubetzkoy, Prince, experiments with pear-trees at Moscow, ii.307.Trousseau, Prof., pathological resemblance of twins, ii.252.Trumpeterpigeon, i. 154;known in 1735, i. 207.Tscharner, H. A. de, graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395.Tschudi, on the naked Peruvian dog, i. 23;extinct varieties of maize from Peruvian tombs, i. 320, ii.425.Tubers, bud-variation by, i. 384-385.Tuckerman, Mr., sterility ofCarex rigida, ii.170.Tuftedducks, i. 281.Tulips, variability of, i. 370;bud-variation in, i. 385-386;influence of soil in "breaking," i. 385.Tumblerpigeon, i. 150-153;short-faced, figured, i. 152;skull figured, i. 163;lower jaw figured, i. 165;scapula and furcula figured, i. 167;early known in India, i. 207;history of, i. 209;sub-breeds of, i. 220;young unable to break the egg-shell, ii.226;probable further modification of, ii.242."Tümmler" (pigeons), i. 150.Tumours, ovarian, occurrence of hairs and teeth in, ii.370;polypoid, origin of, ii.381."Türkische Taube," i. 139.Turbit(pigeon), i. 148.Turkey, domestic, origin of, i. 292-293;crossing of with North American wild Turkey, i. 292-293;breeds of, i. 293;crested white cock, i. 293;wild, characters of, i. 293-294;degeneration of, in India, i. 294, ii.278;failure of eggs of, in Delhi, ii.161;feral on the Parana, i. 190;change produced in by domestication, ii.262.Turkey, striped young pigs in, i. 76.Turner(pigeon), i. 156.Turner, W., on compensation in arteries and veins, ii.300;on cells, ii.370.Turnips, origin of, i. 325;reversion in, ii.31;run wild, ii.33;crosses of, ii.93,96;Swedish, preferred by hares, ii.232;acclimatisation of, in India, ii.311.Turnspit, on an Egyptian monument, i. 17;crosses of the, ii.92.Turtle-dove, white and coloured, crossing of, ii.92.Turtur auritus, hybrids of, withT. cambayensisandT. suratensis, i. 194.Turtur risorius, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;hybrid of, withT. vulgaris,ibid.Turtur suratensis, sterile hybrids of, withT. vulgaris, i. 193;hybrids of, withT. auritus, i. 194.Turtur vulgaris, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;hybrid of, withT. risorius,ibid.;sterile hybrids of, withT. suratensisandEctopistes migratorius,ibid.Tusksof wild and domesticated pigs, i. 76, 77.Tussilago farfara, variegated, i. 384.Twin-seedFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.Tyerman, B., on the pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, ii.87;on the dogs of the Pacific islands, ii.87.Tylor, Mr., on the prohibition of consanguineous marriages, ii.122-123.
Tacitus, on the care taken by the Celts in breeding animals, ii.202.
Tagetes signata, dwarf variety of, ii.20.
Tahiti, varieties of cultivated plants in, ii.256.
Tail, occasional development of, in man, ii.57;
never curled in wild animals, ii.301;
rudimentary in Chinese sheep, ii.315.
Tail-feathers, numbers of, in breeds of pigeons, i. 158-159;
peculiarities of, in cocks, i. 254-255;
variability of, in fowls, i. 258;
curled, inAnas boschas, and tame drakes, i. 280.
Talent, hereditary, ii.7.
Tankerville, Earl of, on Chillingham cattle, i. 84, ii.119.
Tanner, Prof., effects of disuse of parts in cattle, ii.299.
Tapir, sterility of the, in captivity, ii.150.
Targioni-Tozzetti, on cultivated plants, i. 306;
on the vine, i. 332;
varieties of the peach, i. 342;
origin and varieties of the plum, i. 345;
origin of the cherry, i. 347;
origin of roses, i. 366.
Tarsus, variability of the, in fowls, i. 259;
reproduction of the, in a thrush, ii.15.
Tartars, their preference for spiral-horned sheep, ii.209.
Tavernier, abundance of pigeons in Persia, i. 205.
Taxus baccata, ii.18.
Teebay, Mr., reversion in fowls, ii.38.
Teeth, number and position of, in dogs, i. 34;
deficiency of, in naked Turkish dogs, i. 35;
period of appearance of, in breeds of dogs, i. 35;
precocity of, in highly bred animals, ii.322;
correlation of, with hair, ii.326;
double row of, with redundant hair, in Julia Pastrana, ii.328;
affected in form by hereditary syphilis and by pulmonary tubercle, ii.332;
fusion of, ii.341;
developed on the palate, ii.391.
Tegetmeier, Mr., on a cat with monstrous teeth, i. 48;
on a swift-like pigeon, i. 157;
naked young of some pigeons, i. 170;
fertility of hybrid pigeons, i. 192;
on white pigeons, ii.230;
reversion in crossed breeds of fowls, i. 239-244;
chicks of the white silk-fowl, i. 249;
development of the cranial protuberance in Polish fowls, i. 250;
on the skull in the Polish fowl, i. 257, 262;
on the intelligence of Polish fowls, i. 264;
correlation of the cranial protuberance and crest in Polish fowls, i. 274;
development of the web in the feet of Polish fowls, i. 259;
early development of several peculiarities in Spanish cocks, i. 250;
on the comb in Spanish fowls, i. 253;
on the Spanish fowl, ii.306;
varieties of game-fowls, i. 252;
pedigrees of game-fowls, ii.3;
assumption of female plumage by a game cock, i. 253;
natural selection in the game cock, ii.225;
pugnacity of game hens, i. 256;
length of the middle toe in Cochin fowls, i. 259;
origin of the Sebright bantam, ii.54;
differences in the size of fowls, i. 257;
effect of crossing in fowls, i. 258, ii.96;
effects of interbreeding in fowls, ii.124-125;
incubation by mongrels of non-sitting races of fowls, ii.44;
inverse correlation of crest and comb in fowls, i. 274;
occurrence of pencilled feathers in fowls, ii.40;
on a variety of the goose from Sebastopol, i. 289;
on the fertility of the peahen, ii.112;
on the intercrossing of bees, ii.126.
Temminck, origin of domestic cats, i. 43;
origin of domestic pigeons, i. 180;
onColumba guinea, i. 182;
onColumba leucocephala, i. 183;
asserted reluctance of some breeds of pigeons to cross, i. 192;
sterility of hybrid turtle-doves, i. 193;
variations ofGallus bankiva, i. 235;
on a buff-coloured breed of Turkeys, i. 293;
number of eggs laid by the peahen, ii.112;
breeding of Guans in captivity, ii.156;
behaviour of grouse in captivity,ibid.;
sterility of the partridge in captivity,ibid.
Tendrilsin Cucurbitaceæ, i. 358, ii.316.
Tennent, Sir J. E., on the goose, i. 287;
on the growth of the apple in Ceylon, ii.277;
on the Jaffna sheep, ii.302.
Teredo, fertilisation in, ii.363.
Terriers, wry-legged, ii.245;
white, subject to distemper, ii.336.
Teschemacher, on a husked form of maize, i. 320.
Tessier, on the period of gestation of the dog, i. 29;
of the pig, i. 74;
in cattle, i. 87;
experiments on change of soil, ii.147.
Tetrao, breeding of species of, in captivity, ii.156.
Tetrapteryx paradisea, ii.156.
Teucrium campanulatum, pelorism in, ii.345.
Texas, feral cattle in, i. 85.
Theognis, his notice of the domestic fowl, i. 246.
Theophrastus, his notice of the peach, ii.308.
Thesium, ii.284.
Thompson, Mr., on the peach and nectarine, i. 342;
on the varieties of the apricot, i. 344;
classification of varieties of cherries, i. 347-348;
on the "Sister ribston-pippin," i. 350;
on the varieties of the gooseberry, i. 354, 355.
Thompson, William, on the pigeons of Islay, i. 184;
feral pigeons in Scotland, i. 190;
colour of the bill and legs in geese, i. 288;
breeding ofTetrao scotiusin captivity, ii.156;
destruction of black-fowls by the osprey, ii.230.
Thompson, Prof. W., on the obliquity of the flounder, ii.53.
Thorns, reconversion of, into branches, in pear trees, ii.318.
Thorn, grafting of early and late, i. 363;
Glastonbury, i. 364.
Thrush, asserted reproduction of the tarsus in a, ii.15.
Thuja pendulaorfiliformis, a variety ofT. orientalis, i. 362.
Thuret, on the division of the zoospores of an alga, ii.378.
Thwaites, G. H., on the cats of Ceylon, i. 46;
on a twin seed ofFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.
Tiburtius, experiments in rearing wild ducks, i. 278.
Tiger, rarely fertile in captivity, ii.150,151.
Tigridia conchiflora, bud-variation in, i. 386.
Time, importance of, in the production of races, ii.243.
Tinzmann, self-impotence in the potato, ii.137.
Tissues, affinity of, for special organic substances, ii.380.
Titmice, destructive to thin-shelled walnuts, i. 356;
attacking nuts, i. 357;
attacking peas, ii.231.
Tobacco, crossing of varieties of, ii.108;
cultivation of in Sweden, ii.307.
Tobolsk, red-coloured cats of, i. 47.
Toes, relative length of, in fowls, i. 259;
development of fifth in dogs, ii.317.
Tollet, Mr., his selection of cattle, ii.199.
Tomato, ii.91.
Tomtits. SeeTitmice.
Tongue, relation of, to the beak in pigeons, i. 168.
Tooth, occurrence of a molar, in place of an incisor, ii.391.
"Torfschwein," i. 68.
Trail, R., on the union of half-tubers of different kinds of potatoes, i. 395.
Trees, varieties of, suddenly produced, i. 361;
weeping or pendulous, i. 361;
fastigate or pyramidal, i. 361;
with variegated or changed foliage, i. 362;
early or late in leaf, i. 362-363;
forest, non-application of selection to, ii.237.
"Trembleur" (pigeons), i. 146.
Trembley, on reproduction in Hydra, ii.359.
"Trevoltini" silkworms, i. 301-302.
Trichosanthes anguina, i. 360.
Tricks, inheritance of, ii.6-7,395.
Trifolium minusandrepens, ii.164.
Trimorphicplants, conditions of reproduction in, ii.181-184.
Tristram, H. B., selection of the dromedary, ii.205-206.
Triticum dicoccum, i. 319.
Triticum monococcum, i. 319.
Triticum spelta, i. 319.
Triticum turgidum, i. 319.
Triticum vulgare, wild in Asia, i. 312.
Triton, breeding in the branchiferous stage, ii.384.
"Trommel-Taube," i. 154.
"Tronfo" pigeon, i. 144.
Tropæolum, ii.38.
Tropæolum minusandmajus, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.
Troubetzkoy, Prince, experiments with pear-trees at Moscow, ii.307.
Trousseau, Prof., pathological resemblance of twins, ii.252.
Trumpeterpigeon, i. 154;
known in 1735, i. 207.
Tscharner, H. A. de, graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the vine, i. 395.
Tschudi, on the naked Peruvian dog, i. 23;
extinct varieties of maize from Peruvian tombs, i. 320, ii.425.
Tubers, bud-variation by, i. 384-385.
Tuckerman, Mr., sterility ofCarex rigida, ii.170.
Tuftedducks, i. 281.
Tulips, variability of, i. 370;
bud-variation in, i. 385-386;
influence of soil in "breaking," i. 385.
Tumblerpigeon, i. 150-153;
short-faced, figured, i. 152;
skull figured, i. 163;
lower jaw figured, i. 165;
scapula and furcula figured, i. 167;
early known in India, i. 207;
history of, i. 209;
sub-breeds of, i. 220;
young unable to break the egg-shell, ii.226;
probable further modification of, ii.242.
"Tümmler" (pigeons), i. 150.
Tumours, ovarian, occurrence of hairs and teeth in, ii.370;
polypoid, origin of, ii.381.
"Türkische Taube," i. 139.
Turbit(pigeon), i. 148.
Turkey, domestic, origin of, i. 292-293;
crossing of with North American wild Turkey, i. 292-293;
breeds of, i. 293;
crested white cock, i. 293;
wild, characters of, i. 293-294;
degeneration of, in India, i. 294, ii.278;
failure of eggs of, in Delhi, ii.161;
feral on the Parana, i. 190;
change produced in by domestication, ii.262.
Turkey, striped young pigs in, i. 76.
Turner(pigeon), i. 156.
Turner, W., on compensation in arteries and veins, ii.300;
on cells, ii.370.
Turnips, origin of, i. 325;
reversion in, ii.31;
run wild, ii.33;
crosses of, ii.93,96;
Swedish, preferred by hares, ii.232;
acclimatisation of, in India, ii.311.
Turnspit, on an Egyptian monument, i. 17;
crosses of the, ii.92.
Turtle-dove, white and coloured, crossing of, ii.92.
Turtur auritus, hybrids of, withT. cambayensisandT. suratensis, i. 194.
Turtur risorius, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;
hybrid of, withT. vulgaris,ibid.
Turtur suratensis, sterile hybrids of, withT. vulgaris, i. 193;
hybrids of, withT. auritus, i. 194.
Turtur vulgaris, crossing of, with the common pigeon, i. 193;
hybrid of, withT. risorius,ibid.;
sterile hybrids of, withT. suratensisandEctopistes migratorius,ibid.
Tusksof wild and domesticated pigs, i. 76, 77.
Tussilago farfara, variegated, i. 384.
Twin-seedFuchsia coccineaandfulgens, i. 391.
Tyerman, B., on the pigs of the Pacific islands, i. 70, ii.87;
on the dogs of the Pacific islands, ii.87.
Tylor, Mr., on the prohibition of consanguineous marriages, ii.122-123.
Udders, development of the, ii.300.Ulex, double-flowered, ii.167.Ulmus campestrisandeffusa, hybrids of, ii.130.Uniformityof character, maintained by crossing, ii.85-90.Unitsof the body, functional independence of the, ii.368-371.Unityor plurality of origin of organisms, i. 13.Upaspoison, ii.380.Urea, secretion of, ii.380.Useand disuse of parts, effects of, ii.295-303,352-353,418-419;in rabbits, i. 124-128;in ducks, i. 284-286.Utility, considerations of, leading to uniformity, ii.241.
Udders, development of the, ii.300.
Ulex, double-flowered, ii.167.
Ulmus campestrisandeffusa, hybrids of, ii.130.
Uniformityof character, maintained by crossing, ii.85-90.
Unitsof the body, functional independence of the, ii.368-371.
Unityor plurality of origin of organisms, i. 13.
Upaspoison, ii.380.
Urea, secretion of, ii.380.
Useand disuse of parts, effects of, ii.295-303,352-353,418-419;
in rabbits, i. 124-128;
in ducks, i. 284-286.
Utility, considerations of, leading to uniformity, ii.241.
Valentin, experimental production of double monsters by, ii.340.Vallota, ii.139.Van Beck, Barbara, a hairy-faced woman, ii.4.Van Monson wild fruit-trees, i. 312, ii.260;production of varieties of the vine, i. 333;correlated variability in fruit-trees, ii.330;production of almond-like fruit by peach-seedlings, i. 339.Vanessa, species of, not copulating in captivity, ii.157.Variability, i. 4, ii.371-373,394-397,406-420;causes of, ii.250-270;correlated, ii.319-338,353-355,419-420;law of equable, ii.351-352;necessity of, for selection, ii.192;of selected characters, ii.238-239;of multiple homologous parts, ii.342.Variation, laws of, ii.293-356;continuity of, ii.241;possible limitation of, ii.242,416-417;in domestic cats, i. 45-48;origin of breeds of cattle by, i. 88;in osteological characters of rabbits, i. 115-130;of important organs, i. 359;analogous or parallel, i. 348-352;in horses, i. 55;in the horse and ass, i. 64;in fowls, i. 243-246;in geese, i. 288;exemplified in the production of fleshy stems in cabbages, &c., i. 326;in the peach, nectarine, and apricot, i. 342, 344;individual, in wheat, i. 314.Variegationof foliage, i. 383, ii.167-168.Varietiesand species, resemblance of, i. 4, ii.411-413;conversion of, into species, i. 5;abnormal, ii.413;domestic, gradually produced, ii.414.Varro, on domestic ducks, i. 277;on feral fowls, ii.33;crossing of the wild and domestic ass, ii.206.Vasey, Mr., on the number of sacral vertebræ in ordinary and humped cattle, i. 79;on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.Vaucher, sterility ofRanunculus ficariaandAcorus calamus, ii.170.Vegetables, cultivated, reversion in, ii.31-32;European, culture of, in India, ii.168-169.Veith, Mr., on breeds of horses, i. 49.Verbascum, intercrossing of species of, i. 336, ii.93,105-107;reversion in hybrids of, i. 392;contabescent, wild plants of, ii.165;villosity in, ii.277.Verbascum austriacum, ii.136.Verbascum blattaria, ii.105-106.Verbascum lychnitis, ii.105-106,136.Verbascum nigrum, ii.136.Verbascum phœniceum, ii.107,137;variable duration of, ii.305.Verbascum thapsus, ii.106.Verbenas, origin of, i. 364;white, liability of, to mildew, ii.228,336;scorching of dark, ii.229,336;effect of changed conditions of life on, ii.273.Verlot, on the darkleaved Barberry, i. 362;inheritance of peculiarities of foliage in trees, i. 362;production ofRosa cannabifoliaby bud-variation fromR. alba, i. 381;bud-variation inAralia trifoliata, i. 382;variegation of leaves, i. 383;colours of tulips, i. 386;uncertainty of inheritance, ii.18;persistency of white flowers, ii.20;peloric flowers ofLinaria, ii.58;tendency of striped flowers to uniformity of colour, ii.70;non-intercrossing of certain allied plants, ii.91;sterility ofPrimulæwith coloured calyces, ii.166;on fertile proliferous flowers,ibid.;on the Irish yew, ii.241;differences in theCamellia, ii.251;effect of soil on the variegated strawberry, ii.274;correlated variability in plants, ii.330.Verruca, ii.53,400.Vertebræ, characters of, in rabbits, i. 120-122;in ducks, i. 283-284;number and variations of, in pigeons, i. 165-166;number and characters of, in fowls, i. 266-268;variability of number of, in the pig, i. 74.Vertuch, see Putsche."Verugas," ii.276.Vespucius, early cultivation in Brazil, i. 311.Vibert'sexperiments on the cultivation of the vine from seed, i. 332.Viburnum opulus, ii.185,316.Vicia sativa, leaflet converted into a tendril in, ii.392.Vicunas, selection of, ii.207.Villosityof plants, influenced by dryness, ii.277.Vilmorin, cultivation of the wild carrot, i. 326, ii.217;colours of tulips, i. 386;uncertainty of inheritance in balsams and roses, ii.18;experiments with dwarf varieties ofSaponaria calabricaandTagetes signata, ii.20;reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;on variability, ii.262.Vinca minor, sterility in, ii.170.Vine, i. 332-334;parsley-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the, i. 395;disease of, influenced by colour of grapes, ii.228;influence of climate, &c., on varieties of the, ii.278;diminished extent of cultivation of the, ii.308;acclimatisation of the, in the West Indies, ii.313.Viola, species of, i. 368.Viola lutea, different coloured flowers in, i. 408.Viola tricolor, reversion in, ii.31,47.Virchow, Prof., blindness occurring in the offspring of consanguineous marriages, ii.143;on the growth of bones, ii.294,381;on cellular prolification, ii.295;independence of the elements of the body, ii.369;on the cell-theory, ii.370;presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;of hairs in the brain, ii.391;special affinities of the tissues, ii.380;origin of polypoid excrescences and tumours, ii.381.Virgilon the selection of seed-corn, i. 318, ii.203;of cattle and sheep, ii.202.Virginianislands, ponies of, i. 52.Virgularia, ii.378.Vision, hereditary peculiarities of, ii.8-9;in amphibious animals, ii.223;varieties of, ii.300;affections of organs of, correlated with other peculiarities, ii.328.Vitis vinifera, i. 332-334, 375.Viverra, sterility of species of, in captivity, ii.151.Vogel, varieties of the date palm, ii.256.Vogt, on the indications of stripes on black kittens, ii.55.Voice, differences of, in fowls, i. 259;peculiarities of, in ducks, i. 281;inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.Volz, on the history of the dog, i. 16;ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;domestic ducks unknown to Aristotle, i. 277;Indian cattle sent to Macedonia by Alexander, ii.202;mention of mules in the Bible, ii.202;history of the increase of breeds, ii.244.Von BergonVerbascum phœniceum, ii.305.Voorhelm, G., his knowledge of hyacinths, i. 371, ii.251.Vrolik, Prof., on polydactylism, ii.12;on double monsters, ii.340;influence of the shape of the mother's pelvis on her child's head, ii.344.
Valentin, experimental production of double monsters by, ii.340.
Vallota, ii.139.
Van Beck, Barbara, a hairy-faced woman, ii.4.
Van Monson wild fruit-trees, i. 312, ii.260;
production of varieties of the vine, i. 333;
correlated variability in fruit-trees, ii.330;
production of almond-like fruit by peach-seedlings, i. 339.
Vanessa, species of, not copulating in captivity, ii.157.
Variability, i. 4, ii.371-373,394-397,406-420;
causes of, ii.250-270;
correlated, ii.319-338,353-355,419-420;
law of equable, ii.351-352;
necessity of, for selection, ii.192;
of selected characters, ii.238-239;
of multiple homologous parts, ii.342.
Variation, laws of, ii.293-356;
continuity of, ii.241;
possible limitation of, ii.242,416-417;
in domestic cats, i. 45-48;
origin of breeds of cattle by, i. 88;
in osteological characters of rabbits, i. 115-130;
of important organs, i. 359;
analogous or parallel, i. 348-352;
in horses, i. 55;
in the horse and ass, i. 64;
in fowls, i. 243-246;
in geese, i. 288;
exemplified in the production of fleshy stems in cabbages, &c., i. 326;
in the peach, nectarine, and apricot, i. 342, 344;
individual, in wheat, i. 314.
Variegationof foliage, i. 383, ii.167-168.
Varietiesand species, resemblance of, i. 4, ii.411-413;
conversion of, into species, i. 5;
abnormal, ii.413;
domestic, gradually produced, ii.414.
Varro, on domestic ducks, i. 277;
on feral fowls, ii.33;
crossing of the wild and domestic ass, ii.206.
Vasey, Mr., on the number of sacral vertebræ in ordinary and humped cattle, i. 79;
on Hungarian cattle, i. 80.
Vaucher, sterility ofRanunculus ficariaandAcorus calamus, ii.170.
Vegetables, cultivated, reversion in, ii.31-32;
European, culture of, in India, ii.168-169.
Veith, Mr., on breeds of horses, i. 49.
Verbascum, intercrossing of species of, i. 336, ii.93,105-107;
reversion in hybrids of, i. 392;
contabescent, wild plants of, ii.165;
villosity in, ii.277.
Verbascum austriacum, ii.136.
Verbascum blattaria, ii.105-106.
Verbascum lychnitis, ii.105-106,136.
Verbascum nigrum, ii.136.
Verbascum phœniceum, ii.107,137;
variable duration of, ii.305.
Verbascum thapsus, ii.106.
Verbenas, origin of, i. 364;
white, liability of, to mildew, ii.228,336;
scorching of dark, ii.229,336;
effect of changed conditions of life on, ii.273.
Verlot, on the darkleaved Barberry, i. 362;
inheritance of peculiarities of foliage in trees, i. 362;
production ofRosa cannabifoliaby bud-variation fromR. alba, i. 381;
bud-variation inAralia trifoliata, i. 382;
variegation of leaves, i. 383;
colours of tulips, i. 386;
uncertainty of inheritance, ii.18;
persistency of white flowers, ii.20;
peloric flowers ofLinaria, ii.58;
tendency of striped flowers to uniformity of colour, ii.70;
non-intercrossing of certain allied plants, ii.91;
sterility ofPrimulæwith coloured calyces, ii.166;
on fertile proliferous flowers,ibid.;
on the Irish yew, ii.241;
differences in theCamellia, ii.251;
effect of soil on the variegated strawberry, ii.274;
correlated variability in plants, ii.330.
Verruca, ii.53,400.
Vertebræ, characters of, in rabbits, i. 120-122;
in ducks, i. 283-284;
number and variations of, in pigeons, i. 165-166;
number and characters of, in fowls, i. 266-268;
variability of number of, in the pig, i. 74.
Vertuch, see Putsche.
"Verugas," ii.276.
Vespucius, early cultivation in Brazil, i. 311.
Vibert'sexperiments on the cultivation of the vine from seed, i. 332.
Viburnum opulus, ii.185,316.
Vicia sativa, leaflet converted into a tendril in, ii.392.
Vicunas, selection of, ii.207.
Villosityof plants, influenced by dryness, ii.277.
Vilmorin, cultivation of the wild carrot, i. 326, ii.217;
colours of tulips, i. 386;
uncertainty of inheritance in balsams and roses, ii.18;
experiments with dwarf varieties ofSaponaria calabricaandTagetes signata, ii.20;
reversion of flowers by stripes and blotches, ii.37;
on variability, ii.262.
Vinca minor, sterility in, ii.170.
Vine, i. 332-334;
parsley-leaved, reversion of, i. 382;
graft-hybrid produced by inosculation in the, i. 395;
disease of, influenced by colour of grapes, ii.228;
influence of climate, &c., on varieties of the, ii.278;
diminished extent of cultivation of the, ii.308;
acclimatisation of the, in the West Indies, ii.313.
Viola, species of, i. 368.
Viola lutea, different coloured flowers in, i. 408.
Viola tricolor, reversion in, ii.31,47.
Virchow, Prof., blindness occurring in the offspring of consanguineous marriages, ii.143;
on the growth of bones, ii.294,381;
on cellular prolification, ii.295;
independence of the elements of the body, ii.369;
on the cell-theory, ii.370;
presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii.370;
of hairs in the brain, ii.391;
special affinities of the tissues, ii.380;
origin of polypoid excrescences and tumours, ii.381.
Virgilon the selection of seed-corn, i. 318, ii.203;
of cattle and sheep, ii.202.
Virginianislands, ponies of, i. 52.
Virgularia, ii.378.
Vision, hereditary peculiarities of, ii.8-9;
in amphibious animals, ii.223;
varieties of, ii.300;
affections of organs of, correlated with other peculiarities, ii.328.
Vitis vinifera, i. 332-334, 375.
Viverra, sterility of species of, in captivity, ii.151.
Vogel, varieties of the date palm, ii.256.
Vogt, on the indications of stripes on black kittens, ii.55.
Voice, differences of, in fowls, i. 259;
peculiarities of, in ducks, i. 281;
inheritance of peculiarities of, ii.6.
Volz, on the history of the dog, i. 16;
ancient history of the fowl, i. 246;
domestic ducks unknown to Aristotle, i. 277;
Indian cattle sent to Macedonia by Alexander, ii.202;
mention of mules in the Bible, ii.202;
history of the increase of breeds, ii.244.
Von BergonVerbascum phœniceum, ii.305.
Voorhelm, G., his knowledge of hyacinths, i. 371, ii.251.
Vrolik, Prof., on polydactylism, ii.12;
on double monsters, ii.340;
influence of the shape of the mother's pelvis on her child's head, ii.344.