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INDEX. 



Lindley, on the persistence of varieties, 

 338. 



Linnaeus, definition of species, 12, 201 ; 

 diagnosis of the three kingdoms of 

 Nature, 308. 



Lyell, Sir Charles, on the imperfection 

 of the geological record, 46; on gra- 

 dation of species in later formations, 

 49, 110; theory of geological changes, 

 103, 109 ; acceptance of Darwinism, 238. 



Macbride, Dr. James, observations on 

 Sarracenia, 304, 



Machinery, does not dispense with de- 

 sign, 85. 



Malthus, on struggle for existence, 37, S9. 



Mammoth, Falconer on, 193-196. 



Man, separation of, from the quadru- 

 mana, 50 ; mental power of, not 

 necessarily acquired, 59 ; may be an 

 exception to the rule, 92, 93, 256; 

 unity of origin, 99, 176 ; antiquity of, 

 100. 



Materialism, philosophy of, rejected, 126, 

 158, 174; note, 176, 235, -_'50. 



Mellichamp, Dr., on pitcher plants, 329. 



Mill, J. S., on creation by intelligence, 

 361, 374. 



Morphology, 52, 121, 122; reconciled 

 with teleology, 121, 288. 



Mysteries, of natural operations, 53, 158, 

 317,318,327; of Providence and Na- 

 ture the same, 153 ; in the action of 

 sundew, 312, 317; in similarity of off- 

 spring to parents, 383 ; proper to be 

 inquired into, 390. 



Nature, definition of, 61. 160, 259, 269, 

 389; theistic views of, 158-168, 249, 

 257,390; see Continuity of; veracity 

 of, 370. 



Natural history, province of, 209, 260, 

 268. 



Natural selection, 34, 89 ; method of op- 

 eration, 44; a very expansive prin- 

 ciple, 273; supposed recent illustra- 

 tions of its effect, 45 ; still an hypoth- 

 esis, 54, 135, 274; not inconsistent with 

 natural theology, 87 s</., 137 sq., 255, 

 272, 386; how it produces divergence, 

 43, 91 ; not disproved by special mirac- 

 ulous exceptions, 93 ; not the exclusive 

 cause of modification, 104. 195, 337, 

 386; extent of operation. 104-109, 273; 

 not to be confounded with variation, 

 195. 



Natural theologv unshaken by physical 

 science, 22, 53, 84, 89, 95, 137, 150, 151, 

 152, 259, 337. 



Naudin, Charles, views regarding the 

 evolution of species, 349 sq. 



Nectarine, origin of, 111. 



Necessity versus design, 62-86 ; how re- 

 lated to Darwinism, 69, 75. 



Nepenthes, 331. 



Nettle-sting, an example of the natural 

 production of a complex organ, 387. 



Newberrv, on the antiquity of Sequoia, 

 230, 232. 



Newton, Sir Isaac, charged with sub- 

 verting natural theology, 137, 258. 



North America, botany bf, 206 ; former 

 climate of, 224; birds of, 244. 



Novelties, difficult to accept, 87, 103, 247. 



Oak, De Candolle on, 178, 203; Linmeus 

 on, 187; as illustrating the origin of 

 species, 179; a waning genus, 1S6 ; 

 dispersion of species, 188; in the Ter- 

 tiary deposits, 189 ; waste of pollen in, 

 388. 



Objections to Darwinism, philosophical, 

 135; absence of close gradation, 47, 

 63 ; distance of man from quadru- 

 mana, 50 ; hybridism, 50, 51 ; special- 

 ization of organs, 52 ; novelty, 87, 103, 

 245. 



Optimism, absurdity of, 141. 



Orchids, fertilization of, 287. 



Ostrich, increase of, 39. 



Owen, Prof., evolutionary tendencies of, 

 88, 102(134, 136?) 238. 



Paley, on teleology, 52, 57, 



Pantheism, 55, 58. 



Paraguay, relation of insects to cattle 

 in. 41. 



Parsimony, law of, 360 {see Continuity 

 of Nature). 



Peach, origin of. 111. 



Perfection, relative, 141. 



Phyllotaxis, law of, 196. 



Pictet on Darwinism, 105, 10S, 109, 112, 

 127; on geological time, 162. 



Pigeon, known extent of variation, 27; 

 why chosen for experiments, 28 ; re- 

 version of, 31. 



Pinguicula, insectivorous, 325. 



Pitcher Plant, see Sarracenia, 



Plants, insectivorous and climbing, 289- 

 303, 308-337. 



Pleuronecta, facts concerning, 372. 3S3, 



Presumption against novelties, 87, 131, 

 132. 



Probability, how far a guide, 47, 107. 260 ; 

 an element in scriptural interpreta- 

 tion, 260. 



Progress in the succession of organic 

 beings, 115 sq.. 118. 



Providence, mysteries of, compared with 

 those of Nature, 58, 142, 177; Lord 

 Bacon's view of. 144. 



Pump, as illustrating the proof of de- 

 sign, 71. 



Purpose, see Design; distinguished from 

 design, 359. 



Quercus, see Oak. 



Eape, or Colza, origin of, 111. 



