X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES 

 OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION. 



BUD-VARIATION IN THE PEACH, PLUM, CHERRY, VINE, GOOSEBERRY, 

 CURRANT, AND BANANA, AS SHOWN BY THE MODIFIED FRUIT — IN 

 flowers: CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ROSES, ETC- 

 ON THE RUNNING OF THE COLOUR IN CARNATIONS — BUD- 

 VARIATIONS IN LEAVES — VARIATIONS BY SUCKERS, TUBERS, AND 

 BULBS — ON THE BREAKING OF TULIPS — BUD-VARIATIONS GRADUATE 

 INTO CHANGES CONSEQUENT ON CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE — 

 GRAFT-HYBRIDS — ON THE SEGREGATION OF THE PARENTAL CHARAC- 

 TERS IN SEMINAL HYBRIDS BY BUD-VARIATION — ON THE DIRECT 

 OR IMMEDIATE ACTION OF FOREIGN POLLEN ON THE MOTHER- 

 PLANT — ON THE EFFECTS OF A PREVIOUS IMPREGNATION ON THE 

 SUBSEQUENT OFFSPRING OF FEMALE ANIMALS — CONCLUSION AND 



summary Pages 397-444 



CHAPTER XII. 



INHERITANCE. 



WONDERFUL NATURE OF INHERITANCE — PEDIGREES OF OUR DOMESTI- 

 CATED ANIMALS — INHERITANCE NOT DUE TO CHANCE — TRIFLING 

 CHARACTERS INHERITED — DISEASES INHERITED — PECULIARITIES IN 

 THE EYE INHERITED — DISEASES IN THE HORSE — LONGEVITY AND 

 VIGOUR — ASYMMETRICAL DEVIATIONS OF STRUCTURE — POLYDAC- 

 TYLISM AND REGROWTH OF SUPERNUMERARY DIGITS AFTER AM- 

 PUTATION — CASES OF SEVERAL CHILDREN SIMILARLY AFFECTED 

 FROM NON- AFFECTED PARENTS — WEAK AND FLUCTUATING IN- 

 HERITANCE : IN WEEPING TREES, IN DWARFNESS, COLOUR OF FRUIT 

 AND FLOWERS — COLOUR OF HORSES — NON-INHERITANCE IN CERTAIN 

 CASES — INHERITANCE OF STRUCTURE AND HABITS OVERBORNE BY 

 HOSTILE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, BY INCESSANTLY RECURRING VARIA- 

 BILITY, AND BY REVERSION — CONCLUSION . . , . . . 445-473 



